Some of the cholinergic matters that were discussed in earlier chapters are pertinent to the
understanding of the cholinergic central nervous system; these include cholinergic cells and …

Publisher Summary This chapter describes the human brain cholinergic pathways.
Acetylcholine is one of the most ubiquitous neurotransmitters in the mammalian central …

The history and chemistry of acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter have been discussed in
other chapters in this book. In this chapter we are concerned with the neuroanatomy of …

Publisher Summary This chapter explains the cholinergic system that consists of the
muscarinic system and the nicotinic system. Muscarinic receptors occur in all layers in the …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the physiological cholinergic functions in the
central nervous system (CNS). The seventh meeting of the Informal International Cholinergic …

Publisher Summary This chapter provides an update and overview of the anatomy of central
cholinergic systems, and discusses some areas about which controversy and uncertainty …

Providing a cutting-edge profile of research progress in this important field of study,
Cholinergic Mechanisms: Function and Dysfunction contains a compilation of the …

Publisher Summary The concerted investigation of cholinergic systems by a large number of
scientists has yielded an unparalleled wealth of information from molecular sequencing of …

Our knowledge of cholinergic synaptic transmission in the peripheral nervous system (PNS)
has expanded enormously since the early 1930's, at which time O. Loewi discovered …

This year marks the seventieth anniversary of Otto Loewi's demonstration of chemical
transmission generally and autonomic cholinergic transmission specifically and the fortieth …