Drugs that interrupt transmission at the skeletal neuromuscular junction without causing depolarization of the motor end plate. They prevent acetylcholine from triggering muscle contraction and are used as muscle relaxants during electroshock treatments, in convulsive states, and as anesthesia adjuvants.
    

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D-tubocurarine.

Curare-like action of poly-methylene bis-quaternary ammonium salts / by W.D.M. Paton and E.J. Zaimis.

From curare to atracurium / by Roy Hughes.

The pharmacological actions of polymethylene bistrimethylammonium salts / by W.D.M. Paton and Eleanor J. Zaimis.

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D-tubocurarine.

D-tubocurarine.

Curare-like action of poly-methylene bis-quaternary ammonium salts / by W.D.M. Paton and E.J. Zaimis.

From curare to atracurium / by Roy Hughes.

The pharmacological actions of polymethylene bistrimethylammonium salts / by W.D.M. Paton and Eleanor J. Zaimis.