Allison D. Fryer l Arthur Christopoulos
Neil M. Nathanson
Editors

2012

Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors have played a key role in the advancement of knowledge of pharmacology and neurotransmission since the inception of studies in these fields. Indeed, the classical work of Loewi, which led to the identification of acetylcholine as the Vagusstoff released by nerve stimulation, thus showing that synaptic transmission was chemical and not electrical, was based on the actions of neurotransmitter at muscarinic receptors.