"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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2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mecamylamine" by people in Profiles.
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Nicotine Synergizes with High-Fat Diet to Induce an Anti-Inflammatory Microenvironment to Promote Breast Tumor Growth. Mediators Inflamm. 2020; 2020:5239419.
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The role of pituitary adenylyl cyclase activating polypeptide in affective signs of nicotine withdrawal. J Neurosci Res. 2020 08; 98(8):1549-1560.
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Inhaled nicotine equivalent to cigarette smoking disrupts systemic and uterine hemodynamics and induces cardiac arrhythmia in pregnant rats. Sci Rep. 2017 12 05; 7(1):16974.