title: Conclusions and comments. Xth International Symposium on Cholinergic Mechanisms.
abstract: Ancient medicine men of Egypt and Arabia employed, under another name, the cholinergic agents, as did the hunters, warriors and shamans of Africa and South America. An explosion of cholinergic science occurred in the last and the current century, and the ISCMs witnessed and catalyzed this progress. The Xth ISCM emphasized the molecular characteristics of the receptors, cholinesterase and of the system engaged in liberation of Ach.
authors.affiliation: Research Services, Hines VA Hospital, Illinois 60141, USA.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Karczmar
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000502:physiology*; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D000818:Animals; D002802:Cholinesterases / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic; D002802:Cholinesterases; D000109:Acetylcholine