See Also: neuromuscular blocking agent(medicine)
nondepolarising neuromuscular blocking agent(medicine)
neuromuscular blocking agents(medicine)
blocking agent(medicine)
adrenergic blocking agent(medicine)
ganglionic blocking agent(medicine)
adrenergic neuronal blocking agent(medicine)
beta-adrenergic blocking agent(medicine)
alpha-adrenergic blocking agent(medicine)
slow channel-blocking agent(medicine)

neuromuscular blocking agent (medicine)


neuromuscular blocking agent


A group of drugs that prevent motor nerve endings from exciting skeletal muscle. They act either by competing for the neurotransmitter, acetylcholine, (like D-tubocurarine, mivacurium and pancuronium), or by first stimulating the postjunctional muscle membrane and subsequently desensitizing the muscle endplates to the acetylcholine (like succinylcholine or decamethonium); used in surgery to produce paralysis and facilitate manipulation of muscles.