How to Use acetylcholine in a Sentence

acetylcholine

noun
Definition of acetylcholinenext
  • Alzheimer’s disease is thought to stem from a loss in function of the neurons that produce acetylcholine.
    — Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Neostigmine cannot do this, but can allow what little acetylcholine is able to get past the venom to move freely.
    — Erik Vance, Discover Magazine, 29 July 2013
  • By this means, a precise balance is struck, and the body never builds up a dangerous amount of acetylcholine.
    — Rachel Carson, The New Yorker, 1 Jan. 1950
  • So, what might affect the neurons' release of acetylcholine?
    — Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 31 Mar. 2022
  • In the brain, acetylcholine is involved in learning and memory.
    — Sheila Sullivan Zubrod, Washington Post, 7 May 2017
  • The Karuna drug, called KarXT, works by targeting muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in the brain.
    — Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 18 Nov. 2019
  • By blocking the neurotransmitter, acetylcholine, that makes your sweat glands turn on and do their jobs.
    — Donna Freydkin, Allure, 16 Oct. 2017
  • Botox works by blocking the release of acetylcholine, a compound that makes muscles contract.
    — Emily Langer, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2021
  • Scientists had found that a large hub of nerve cells that make acetylcholine showed severe damage in people with Alzheimer’s disease.
    — Susan Molchan, STAT, 12 July 2021
  • More acetylcholine means more brain power, and the Citicoline in Vyvamind ramps it up fast.
    — Dallas News, 24 Jan. 2023
  • In a paper posted in 2020 on the preprint server bioarxiv.org, Cardin and her colleagues became the first to use Li’s sensor to measure acetylcholine across the entire cortex in mice.
    — Quanta Magazine, 22 Mar. 2022
  • The hope was that increasing acetylcholine in the brain could ease Alzheimer’s symptoms, at least for some time, much as dopamine replacement helps people with Parkinson’s disease.
    — Susan Molchan, STAT, 12 July 2021
  • These drugs either slow the breakdown of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine or block the overproduction of glutamate in the brain, but none have been shown to work very well for very long.
    — Pam Belluck, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2016
  • In these cases, a very likely reason for their loss of smell is a decrease in the function of a major neurotransmitter called acetylcholine.
    — Sandy Bauers, Philly.com, 7 July 2017
  • Agents like Novichok can enter the body by being eaten or inhaled, or through the skin, and block the action of cholinesterase, an enzyme that breaks down a nervous-system protein called acetylcholine.
    — Fortune, 5 July 2018
  • This ends up leaving more acetylcholine intact, Dr. Tan says, which may help improve a patient's memory.
    — Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 6 Dec. 2018
  • Yet the amount of synchronization also depends on the region of the brain and the arousal level, painting the picture that acetylcholine does not have uniform effects everywhere.
    — Quanta Magazine, 22 Mar. 2022
  • It's thought to improve focus and vigilance by boosting levels of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine in the brain.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The drug targets part of the brain called the muscarinic acetylcholine system using the compound xanomeline, which stimulates parts of the surface of neurons—called M1 and M4 receptors—to reduce dopamine transmission.
    — WIRED, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Botox is an injection that blocks acetylcholine from being released, resulting in less sweating.
    — Cathy Cassata, Health, 29 July 2023
  • The body constantly has to remove those acetylcholine molecules from the receptors, otherwise there would be a dangerous build-up.
    — Simon Cotton, Scientific American, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Some poison frogs carry a morphine-like compound called epibatidine, which works just like the compound acetylcholine, which sends messages between nerve cells.
    — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 28 Sep. 2017
  • For example, in the heart, the vagus nerve releases a neurotransmitter called acetylcholine.
    — Anne R. Crecelius, The Conversation, 20 June 2019
  • All nerve agent victims are given atropine, which blocks muscarinic acetylcholine receptors.
    — Richard Stone, Science | AAAS, 19 Mar. 2018
  • Freeing up cholesterase production is essential to stop the uncontrolled bombardment of organs and muscles with the acetylcholine nerve signals.
    — Deutsche Welle, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Like other nerve agents, Novichoks bind to acetylcholinesterase (AChE), an enzyme that breaks down the neurotransmitter acetylcholine when it is released into synapses.
    — Richard Stone, Science | AAAS, 8 Sep. 2020
  • These nerve poisons can inhibit an enzyme called cholinesterase, which breaks down a neurotransmitter called acetylcholine.
    — C. Claiborne Ray, New York Times, 29 May 2017
  • That shows up in the chapter on atropine, the toxin in deadly nightshade that blocks the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, and again in the chapter on strychnine, a popular rat killer that blocks the neurotransmitter glycine.
    — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 13 Mar. 2022
  • Nootropics are thought to work by increasing the availability of neurotransmitters, such as acetylcholine or glutamate, in the brain.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Anticholinergic drugs function by blocking the effects of acetylcholine, a chemical released by nerve cells to send signals to other nerves and muscles.
    — Mark Lieber, CNN, 25 Apr. 2018

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