The cholinergic system has two types of receptors: muscarinic and nicotinic. Muscarinic receptors function in the peripheral and central nervous systems and are present in various organs ...

The postsynaptic receptors that ACh acts on are called the cholinergic receptors. They are divided into two types depending on whether they are stimulated by the drug nicotine or the drug muscarine.

Focal hyperhidrosis is linked to overactive cholinergic receptors in sweat glands ... Keep reading to learn more about the types and symptoms of hyperhidrosis and how to manage the condition.

The FDA approved xanomeline and trospium chloride (Cobenfy) capsules, the first antipsychotic medication for schizophrenia that targets cholinergic receptors ... angioedema, a type of swelling ...

Although antipsychotics that are approved for schizophrenia work primarily by antagonizing D2 dopamine receptors, 6 evidence suggests that the muscarinic cholinergic system is also involved in the ...

The drug targets cholinergic receptors as opposed to dopamine receptors, which has been the standard of care for more than 30 years. It combines xanomeline, an oral muscarinic cholinergic receptor ...

The approval is significant because it is the first treatment for schizophrenia that targets cholinergic receptors. The standard treatments target dopamine receptors. The approval was based on results ...