Concept information
Preferred term
Receptors, Cholinergic
Type
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mesh:Descriptor
Definition
- Cell surface proteins that bind acetylcholine with high affinity and trigger intracellular changes influencing the behavior of cells. Cholinergic receptors are divided into two major classes, muscarinic and nicotinic, based originally on their affinity for nicotine and muscarine. Each group is further subdivided based on pharmacology, location, mode of action, and/or molecular biology.
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Synonym(s)
- Acetylcholine Receptor
- Acetylcholine Receptors
- ACh Receptor
- ACh Receptors
- Cholinergic Receptor
- Cholinergic Receptors
- Cholinoceptive Sites
- Cholinoceptor
- Cholinoceptors
- Receptors, Acetylcholine
- Receptors, ACh
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- administration & dosage (Qualifier)
- analysis (Qualifier)
- biosynthesis (Qualifier)
- blood (Qualifier)
- chemistry (Qualifier)
- classification (Qualifier)
- deficiency (Qualifier)
- drug effects (Qualifier)
- genetics (Qualifier)
- history (Qualifier)
- immunology (Qualifier)
- isolation & purification (Qualifier)
- metabolism (Qualifier)
- physiology (Qualifier)
- radiation effects (Qualifier)
- therapeutic use (Qualifier)
- ultrastructure (Qualifier)
In other languages
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French
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Cholinocepteurs
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Récepteur cholinergique
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Récepteurs à l'acétylcholine
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Récepteurs à l'ACh
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Récepteurs de l'acétylcholine
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Récepteurs de l'ACh
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-SNCN749V-W
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