"Dihydroergotoxine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A mixture of three different hydrogenated derivatives of ERGOTAMINE: DIHYDROERGOCORNINE; DIHYDROERGOCRISTINE; and DIHYDROERGOCRYPTINE. Dihydroergotoxine has been proposed to be a neuroprotective agent and a nootropic agent. The mechanism of its therapeutic actions is not clear, but it can act as an alpha-adrenergic antagonist and a dopamine agonist. The methanesulfonate salts of this mixture of alkaloids are called ERGOLOID MESYLATES.
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D004088
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.132.327.412.250 D03.633.400.562.400
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dihydroergotoxine" by people in Profiles.
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Transient shortening of estrous cycles in aging C57BL/6J mice: effects of spontaneous pseudopregnancy, progesterone, L-dihydroxyphenylalanine, and hydergine. Biol Reprod. 1987 May; 36(4):949-59.
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Alpha 2-adrenergic receptor function in patients with unipolar and bipolar affective disorders. J Affect Disord. 1986 Mar-Apr; 10(2):163-9.
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Biological alterations in the primary affective disorders and other tricyclic-responsive disorders. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 1985; 9(1):15-24.
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Alpha-adrenergic receptor function in schizophrenia, affective disorders and some neurological diseases. Commun Psychopharmacol. 1980; 4(6):477-86.