pt. 1. Basic science: 1. Basics of muscarinic physiology / Joaquim Mullol and James N. Baraniuk ; 2. Airways muscarinic receptors / Peter J. Barnes -- pt. 2. Applied clinical research: 3. Anticholinergic agents as bronchodilators / Nicholas J. Gross ; 4. Anticholinergic drug therapy in the management of acute severe asthma / Jeffrey E. Garrett ; 5. Use of anticholinergics in perennial rhinitis / Albert F. Finn ; 6. Pathogenesis and treatment of upper respiratory infections / Sheldon L. Spector ; 7. Anticholinergics in combination bronchodilator therapy in COPD / Stephen I. Rennard ; 8. Tiotropium (Ba 679) : pharmacology and early clinical observations / Theodore J. Witek. [et al.] -- pt. 3. Topics of special interest: 9. Historical aspects of medicinal uses of antimuscarinics / Kenneth R. Chapman ; 10. Interaction of virus with the muscarinic receptor / David B. Jacoby and Allison D. Fryer.