单词 | cholinergic |
释义 | cholinergicadj. Of the synapses or nerve-fibres: liberating acetylcholine; also, stimulated by acetylcholine. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > nervous system > substance of nervous system > [adjective] > nerve fibre > types of arciform1839 strionigral1920 cholinergic1934 supraopticohypophysial1935 striopallidal1937 purinergic1971 1934 H. H. Dale in Jrnl. Physiol. 80 Suppl. 11 P We seem to need words which will briefly indicate action by two kinds of chemical transmission, due in the one case to some substance like adrenaline, in the other case to a substance like acetylcholine, so that we may distinguish between chemical function and anatomical origin. I suggest the words ‘adrenergic’ and ‘cholinergic’ respectively. 1935 Ann. Reg. 1934 ii. 53 There was increased recognition of the cholinergic mechanism as having the more general application in the functions of the nervous system and of the adrenergic mechanism as being a more specialised and a more recent development. 1955 Sci. News Let. 19 Mar. 179/2 Adrenergic chemicals inhibit, or stop, transmission of nerve impulses across the nerve junctions called synapses. Cholinergic chemicals excite, or give the go signal, to such impulses. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < |
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