==Mode of action== In a synapse, action potentials are conducted along motor nerves to their terminals where they initiate a Ca2+ influx and the release of acetylcholine (ACh). The ACh diffuses across the synaptic cleft and binds to receptors on the post synaptic membrane, causing an influx of Na+, resulting in depolarization. If large enough, thi...
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(from the article `drug`) ...this condition because they enhance the action of acetylcholine and enable transmission to occur in spite of the loss of receptors; they do not ...
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(pir″ĭ-do-stig´mēn) an anticholinesterase; used as the bromide salt in the treatment of myasthenia gravis and as an antidote to nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents such as tubocurarine.
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