Description_x000D_ Application_x000D_ Pilocarpine nitrate salt has been used to measure bronchoconstriction and M2 and M3 muscarinic receptor function in vivo. It has also been used to induce electrographic and behavioral seizures and to study the different patterns of neuronal activation and neurodegeneration in Proechimys rats and Wistar rats._x000D_ Biochem/physiol Actions_x000D_ Nonselective muscarinic acetylcholine receptor agonist; used to produce an experimental model of epilepsy._x000D_ Pilocarpine is a cholinergic muscarinic agonist, useful in inducing epilepsy in animal models. It is specially used to study the pathogenesis of epileptogenesis and pharmacoresistant epilepsy. Pilocarpine application is more popular among the rat and mice models._x000D_ Features and Benefits_x000D_ This compound is also offered as part of Sigma′s Library of Pharmacologically Active Compounds (LOPAC®1280), a biologically annotated collection of high-quality, ready-to-screen compounds. Click here to learn more._x000D_ Legal Information_x000D_ LOPAC is a registered trademark of Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC