A ganglionic blocker (or ganglioplegic) is a type of medication that inhibits transmission between preganglionic and postganglionic neurons in the autonomic...
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The pterygopalatine ganglion (aka Meckel's ganglion, nasal ganglion, or sphenopalatine ganglion) is a parasympathetic ganglion in the pterygopalatine fossa...
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Pentamine is a pharmaceutical drug that acts as a ganglionic blocker. Kharkevich DA (1963). "The effect of ganglioblocking agents on synaptic transmission...
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The stellate ganglion (or cervicothoracic ganglion) is a sympathetic ganglion formed by the fusion of the inferior cervical ganglion and the first thoracic...
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used in rare circumstances to lower blood pressure. Trimetaphan is a ganglionic blocker: it counteracts cholinergic transmission at a specific type of nicotinic...
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Hexamethonium is a non-depolarising ganglionic blocker, a neuronal nicotinic (nAChR) receptor antagonist that acts in autonomic ganglia by binding mostly...
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according to the FDA orange book. Ganglionic blocker Cholinergic blocking drugs "Dorlands Medical Dictionary:neuromuscular blocking agent".[permanent dead link]...
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classified into ganglionic blockers and neuromuscular blockers. Ganglionic blockers are of little clinical use as they act at all autonomic ganglions. They act...
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junction: antimuscarinic agents and antinicotinic agents (ganglionic blockers, neuromuscular blockers). The term "anticholinergic" is typically used to refer...
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used as an orally-active ganglionic blocker in treating autonomic dysreflexia and hypertension, but, like most ganglionic blockers, it is more often used...
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