- An
antagonist is a
character in a
story who is
presented as the main
enemy and
rival of the protagonist. The
English word
antagonist comes from the Gr****...
- A
receptor antagonist is a type of
receptor ligand or drug that
blocks or
dampens a
biological response by
binding to and
blocking a
receptor rather than...
- A
nicotinic antagonist is a type of
anticholinergic drug that
inhibits the
action of
acetylcholine (ACh) at
nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.
These compounds...
- A
dopamine antagonist, also
known as an anti-dopaminergic and a
dopamine receptor antagonist (DRA), is a type of drug
which blocks dopamine receptors...
- In
pharmacology the term agonist-
antagonist or
mixed agonist/
antagonist is used to
refer to a drug
which under some
conditions behaves as an
agonist (a...
- H1
antagonists, also
called H1 blockers, are a
class of
medications that
block the
action of
histamine at the H1 receptor,
helping to
relieve allergic...
- Look up
antagonist,
antagonistic, or
antagonists in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An
antagonist is a
character opposing the
protagonist in literature...
- A
muscarinic receptor antagonist (MRA), also
called an antimuscarinic, is a type of
anticholinergic agent that
blocks the
activity of the
muscarinic acetylcholine...
-
known as α-blockers or α-adrenoreceptor
antagonists, are a
class of
pharmacological agents that act as
antagonists on α-adrenergic
receptors (α-adrenoceptors)...
-
receptor antagonists or
inverse agonists. Normally,
histamine binds to the H1
receptor and
heightens the receptor's activity; the
receptor antagonists work...