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i dont know if this is the answer you want, but apparently they act the same way as acetylcholine, and produce the same effects as the parasympathetic nervous system.

i got that from this web site:

http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/common/standard/transform.jsp?requestURI=/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/cholinergic_drugs.jsp

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