The postsynaptic receptors that ACh acts on are called the cholinergic receptors. They are divided into two types depending on whether they are stimulated by the drug nicotine or the drug muscarine.

Changes in the brain's cholinergic receptor systems underlie several neuropsychiatric disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, and depression. An emerging preclinical literature ...

Among the compounds identified were five cholinergic compounds that were considered gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor agonists and musk ambrette, which activated the kisspeptin receptor.

Acetylcholine is a neurotransmitter produced in the brain that plays an important role in muscle movements, thinking, and working memory, according to the National Library of Medicine. Working ...

Llona A. J. Giebelen, Alain Le Moine, Petra S. van den Pangaart, Claude Sadis, Michel Goldman, Sandrine Florquin, Tom van der Poll, Deficiency of α7 Cholinergic Receptors Facilitates Bacterial ...

Cobenfy, which is administered orally, is the first antipsychotic to target cholinergic receptors – receptors activated by the neurotransmitter acetylcholine – in schizophrenia treatment. Historically ...

Schmitz blames a floundering cholinergic system, citing previous findings that cholinergic stimulation not only quells inflammation in the peripheral nervous system, but also calms microglia in the ...