muscarinic

American  

[muhs-kuh-rin-ik] / ˌmʌs kəˈrɪn ɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to muscarine.

2. related to or imitating the action of muscarine on neurons, especially in blocking cholinergic effects.

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Etymology

Origin of muscarinic

muscarine + -ic

Example Sentences

All nerve agent victims are given atropine, which blocks muscarinic acetylcholine receptors.

From Science Magazine

The drug is a combination of UMEC, a long-acting muscarinic antagonist, and VI, a long-acting beta agonist, in a single inhaler.

From Reuters

Christopoulous has suggested that this strategy might work against the M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor, a promising target for the treatment of cognitive deficits that has so far proved undruggable.

From Nature

The drug, Anoro, is an inhaled combination of vilanterol, a long-acting beta-agonist that is designed to open the airways, and umeclidinium, a long-acting muscarinic receptor antagonist, which works to improve lung function.

From Reuters

Interestingly, in all the opioid receptor and muscarinic receptor structures, a conserved Arg in ICL2 forms a salt bridge with Asp of the DRY motif in TM3, thereby tethering ICL2 with the TM core.

From Nature