ACETYLCHOLINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acetylcholine mean? 

• ACETYLCHOLINE (noun)
  The noun ACETYLCHOLINE has 1 sense:

1. a neurotransmitter that is a derivative of choline; released at the ends of nerve fibers in the somatic and parasympathetic nervous systems

  Familiarity information: ACETYLCHOLINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACETYLCHOLINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A neurotransmitter that is a derivative of choline; released at the ends of nerve fibers in the somatic and parasympathetic nervous systems

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("acetylcholine" is a kind of...):

neurotransmitter (a neurochemical that transmits nerve impulses across a synapse)

 Context examples 

Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M5 protein (532 aa, 60 kD) is a cell communication process protein that is encoded by the human CHRM5 gene and has a role in the G protein-coupled receptor protein signaling pathway.

(Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor M5, NCI Thesaurus)

Muscarinic receptors influence many effects of acetylcholine in the central and peripheral nervous system.

(Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor M4, NCI Thesaurus)

A process that involves the non-covalent interaction of acetylcholine with one of the five muscarinic receptors.

(Muscarinic Receptor Binding, NCI Thesaurus)

It is caused by the blockage of the acetylcholine receptors at the neuromuscular junction.

(Myasthenia Gravis, NCI Thesaurus)

Neuregulin-1 has also been studied as the glial growth factor, which acts as a Schwann cell mitogen, and as ARIA (acetylcholine receptor inducing activity), a regulator of the expression of acetylcholine receptors.

(Neuregulin 1, NCI Thesaurus)

Methscopolamine bromide exerts its effect on muscarine receptors in the gastrointestinal tract, thereby blocking the actions of acetylcholine.

(Methscopolamine Bromide, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes choline O-acetyltransferase protein, plays a role in the synthesis of acetylcholine.

(CHAT wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Water-soluble vitamin that is a precursor for acetylcholine, phospholipids, and the methyl donor betaine.

(Choline, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

This protein is involved in acetylcholine biosynthesis.

(Choline O-Acetyltransferase, NCI Thesaurus)

Any agent that is capable of activating cholinergic receptors (nicotinic and muscarinic) or of enhancing or prolonging the actions of acetylcholine.

(Cholinergic Agonist, NCI Thesaurus)