Drugs that inhibit cholinesterases. The neurotransmitter ACETYLCHOLINE is rapidly hydrolyzed, and thereby inactivated, by cholinesterases. When cholinesterases are inhibited, the action of endogenously released acetylcholine at cholinergic synapses is potentiated. Cholinesterase inhibitors are widely used clinically for their potentiation of cholinergic inputs to the gastrointestinal tract and urinary bladder, the eye, and skeletal muscles; they are also used for their effects on the heart and the central nervous system.

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D002800 MeSH Browser

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M0004295

History note

65; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS, IRREVERSIBLE & CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS, REVERSIBLE were see under CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS 1975-83, were Prov 1971-74; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS, ORGANIC was see PHOSPHORUS POISONS, ORGANIC 1963-64 (PHOSPHORUS POISONS, ORGANIC deleted 1965)

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use CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS to search CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS, IRREVERSIBLE & CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS, REVERSIBLE 1971-83 (as Prov 1971-74)

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65; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS, IRREVERSIBLE & CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS, REVERSIBLE were see under CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS 1975-83; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS, ORGANIC was see PHOSPHORUS POISONS, ORGANIC 1963-64 (PHOSPHORUS POISONS, ORGANIC deleted 1965)