Muscarinic receptor antagonists, from folklore to pharmacology; Finding drugs that actually work in asthma and COPD

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-52

  Moulton, Bart C ^a   Fryer, Allison D ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aclidinium; airway hyperreactivity; CHF 5407; glycopyrrolate; ipratropium; M2 muscarinic receptors; tiotropium

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACLIDINIUM BROMIDE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ATROPINE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTISONE ACETATE PLUS NEOMYCIN; GALLAMINE; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; METHACHOLINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SALBUTAMOL; SCOPOLAMINE; TIOTROPIUM BROMIDE;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ASTHMA; ATROPA; BRONCHOSPASM; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMA; COUGHING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG STRUCTURE; HALLUCINATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; XEROSTOMIA;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; DRUG DISCOVERY; HUMANS; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 79953684895     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2010.01190.x     Document Type: Review

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