NEUROTRANSMITTERDefinition: sourced draft
Acetylcholine
The endogenous transmitter at nicotinic and muscarinic receptors.
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Claim · not formally assessedDiphenhydramine inhibited muscarinic signaling in an airway-cell experiment.
Cultured swine airway mucus-gland cells
Limitation Preclinical tissue assay; it does not quantify human cognitive effects.
Diphenhydramine · Sourced draft Claim · not formally assessedNicotine activates nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.
Receptor pharmacology in a clinical review of dependence.
Limitation Dependence and withdrawal confound claims of enhancement.
Nicotine · Sourced draft receptor antagonismAntimuscarinic activity in an airway assay
Swine airway-cell assay; the result does not quantify human cognitive effects.
receptor pathwayCholinergic signaling
Nicotine acts at nicotinic acetylcholine receptors; dependence is integral to the interpretation.
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- Preclinical receptor-function experiment · 2005Liu et al.
Compared antihistamine and antimuscarinic actions in airway cells.
Limitation Swine cell preparation; cannot determine human clinical benefit or harm magnitude.
Funding / disclosures Not assessed in this draft.
Source in Diphenhydramine - Clinical review · 2010Benowitz
Explains receptor signaling, reinforcement and the cycle of dependence and withdrawal.
Limitation Not a trial of nicotine enhancement in people who do not use tobacco.
Funding / disclosures Not assessed; consult the original disclosure.
Source in Nicotine