"Mecamylamine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A nicotinic antagonist that is well absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract and crosses the blood-brain barrier. Mecamylamine has been used as a ganglionic blocker in treating hypertension, but, like most ganglionic blockers, is more often used now as a research tool.
| Descriptor ID |
D008464
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.849.575.781.500
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mecamylamine" by people in Profiles.
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Time-dependent changes in nicotine behavioral responsivity during early withdrawal from chronic cocaine administration and attenuation of cocaine sensitization by mecamylamine. Behav Brain Res. 2014 Apr 01; 262:42-6.
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Validation of a high-throughput, automated electrophysiology platform for the screening of nicotinic agonists and antagonists. J Biomol Screen. 2013 Jan; 18(1):116-27.
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ACSL6 is associated with the number of cigarettes smoked and its expression is altered by chronic nicotine exposure. PLoS One. 2011; 6(12):e28790.
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Differential pharmacologies of mecamylamine enantiomers: positive allosteric modulation and noncompetitive inhibition. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2009 Feb; 328(2):525-32.
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Endogenous ouabain-like factor (OLF) secretion is modulated by nicotinic mechanisms in rat adrenocortical cells. Life Sci. 2004 Mar 12; 74(17):2111-28.
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Changes in sleep after acute and repeated administration of nicotine in the rat. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 1999 Jul; 145(2):133-8.
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The effect of cholinergic stimulation in the nucleus accumbens on locomotor behavior. Brain Res. 1988 Feb 16; 441(1-2):209-14.
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Effect of end-diastolic volume on the canine left ventricular ejection fraction. Am Heart J. 1985 May; 109(5 Pt 1):1059-69.