Description
Mivacuriumisanon-depolarizing,reversIBLeneuromuscularjunctionblocker.Mivacuriumactsasananesthetic,inhibitingpre-synapticnicotinicacetylcholinereceptors(nAChRs)inneuronsandmuscle.Mivacuriumexhibitsarapidonsetandshortdurationofaction.Thiscompoundalsodisplaysanti-fibrillatory/anti-arrhythmicactivity,asitsinhibitionofsignalingintheparasympatheticnervoussystempreventsatrialfibrillationinanimalmodels.
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