Lesson 987 of 1524
Drugs to Treat Myasthenia Gravis and Alzheimer’s Disease
The increase in ACh is important for these diseases due to the degeneration of neurons that release ACh, which leads to a deficiency in this neurotransmitter.
Practice this chapterThe increase in ACh is important for these diseases due to the degeneration of neurons that release ACh, which leads to a deficiency in this neurotransmitter. The NMDA receptor antagonists are the exception to this.
With one exception, the drug classifications used in both diseases—direct- and indirect-acting cholinergic agonists and AChE inhibitors—essentially make more ACh available for use by the body.
increase in ACh — important for these diseases due to the degeneration of neurons that release ACh, which leads to a deficiency in this neurotransmitter. autoantibodies — produced by the immune system and are directed against one or more of the individual’s own cells, tissues, and proteins instead of foreign invaders. sympathetic nervous system (SNS) — a division of the autonomic nervous system that is responsible for the fight-or-flight response. microtubules — components of a cell skeleton that provide structure and shape to cells, facilitate cell movement and cell division, and transport nutrients/substances within cells.
Worked example
What does “increase in ACh” mean in Drugs to Treat Myasthenia Gravis and Alzheimer’s Disease?
- 1Use the wording this chapter gives for increase in ACh.
- 2The book says: important for these diseases due to the degeneration of neurons that release ACh, which leads to a deficiency in this neurotransmitter.
- 3Do not use the meaning of autoantibodies. That term means produced by the immune system and are directed against one or more of the individual’s own cells, tissues, and proteins instead of foreign invaders.
Result: important for these diseases due to the degeneration of neurons that release ACh, which leads to a deficiency in this neurotransmitter
Why. That is the meaning this chapter gives for increase in ACh.
Do not swap increase in ACh and autoantibodies. increase in ACh means important for these diseases due to the degeneration of neurons that release ACh, which leads to a deficiency in this neurotransmitter. autoantibodies means produced by the immune system and are directed against one or more of the individual’s own cells, tissues, and proteins instead of foreign invaders.
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