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Referring to agents that stimulate the postganglionicparasympatheticreceptor, named after the prototypical mushroom alkaloid, muscarine [2,5-anhydro-1,4,6-trideoxy-6-(trimethylammonio)-D-ribo-hexitol].
Notes:
- The muscarinic receptor has a recognition site for acetylcholine.
- Muscarinic receptors are distinguished from nicotinic receptors, thus allowing classification of cholinergic receptors as muscarinic and nicotinic.
- Drugs that bind with muscarinic cholinergic receptors but do not activate them, thus preventing access to acetylcholine, include atropine and scopolamine.