Neuromuscular Blocking Agents
"Neuromuscular Blocking Agents" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Drugs that interrupt transmission of nerve impulses at the skeletal neuromuscular junction. They can be of two types, competitive, stabilizing blockers (NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS) or noncompetitive, depolarizing agents (NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS). Both prevent acetylcholine from triggering the muscle contraction and they are used as anesthesia adjuvants, as relaxants during electroshock, in convulsive states, etc.
| Descriptor ID |
D009466
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.696.663.700.710
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| Concept/Terms |
Neuromuscular Blocking Agents- Neuromuscular Blocking Agents
- Agents, Neuromuscular Blocking
- Blocking Agents, Neuromuscular
- Neuromuscular Blockers
- Blockers, Neuromuscular
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Neuromuscular Blocking Agents" by people in Profiles.
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Continuous-infusion neuromuscular blocking agents in critically ill neonates and children. Pharmacotherapy. 2011 Jun; 31(6):609-20.
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Antifibrillatory actions of cisatracurium: an atrial specific M2 receptor antagonist. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2008 Aug; 19(8):861-8.
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Nursing care of patients receiving long-term infusion of neuromuscular blocking agents. Crit Care Nurse. 1993 Feb; 13(1):19, 106.