Chemicals and Drugs

Peripheral Nervous System Agents

Drugs that act principally at one or more sites within the peripheral neuroeffector systems, the autonomic system, and motor nerve-skeletal system. (From Smith and Reynard, Textbook of Pharmacology, 1991, p75)

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Abstract

Drugs that act principally at one or more sites within the peripheral neuroeffector systems, the autonomic system, and motor nerve-skeletal system. (From Smith and Reynard, Textbook of Pharmacology, 1991, p75)

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3 entry terms
  • Peripheral Nervous System Drugs
  • Peripheral Nervous System Effect
  • Peripheral Nervous System Effects

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24 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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Indexing Annotation

general or unspecified; prefer specifics; note entry term PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM EFFECT: use only for the peripheral nervous system effect of a chemical substance

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History Note

98; use explode 1995-97

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  1. D27.505.696.663

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QV 76.5

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Peripheral Nervous System Agents. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018373. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018373
  2. Peripheral Nervous System Agents. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50430223