Neuromuscular Depolarizing Agents
"Neuromuscular Depolarizing Agents" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Drugs that interrupt transmission at the skeletal neuromuscular junction by causing sustained depolarization of the motor end plate. These agents are primarily used as adjuvants in surgical anesthesia to cause skeletal muscle relaxation.
| Descriptor ID |
D009467
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.696.663.700.710.550
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| Concept/Terms |
Neuromuscular Depolarizing Agents- Neuromuscular Depolarizing Agents
- Agents, Neuromuscular Depolarizing
- Depolarizing Agents, Neuromuscular
- Depolarizing Blockers
- Blockers, Depolarizing
- Depolarizing Muscle Relaxants
- Relaxants, Depolarizing Muscle
- Muscle Relaxants, Depolarizing
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