Drugs acting on the cholinergic system can improve or worsen cognitive abilities, and their effects are particularly pronounced in frail elderly individuals and patients with Alzheimer disease.

The parasympathetic nervous system, primarily the vagus nerve, has been called the 'cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway'. It is one of the endogenous mechanisms that help to regulate the innate ...

It has been suggested that scopolamine acts in the central nervous system (CNS) by blocking cholinergic transmission from the vestibular nuclei to higher centers in the CNS and from the reticular ...