acetylcholinergic

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Etymology[edit]

acetylcholine +‎ -ergic

Adjective[edit]

acetylcholinergic (not comparable)

  1. (biochemistry) Relating to the neurotransmissive action of acetylcholine in metabolism
    • 2015 July 15, Gang Xu et al., “De novo assembly and characterization of central nervous system transcriptome reveals neurotransmitter signaling systems in the rice striped stem borer, Chilo suppressalis”, in BMC Genomics[1], volume 16, →DOI:
      To elucidate the molecular basis of the acetylcholinergic signaling system, we identified acetylcholine-related genes involved in biosynthesis, signal transduction, and reuptake in C. suppressalis central nervous system transcriptome.