"Arecoline" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An alkaloid obtained from the betel nut (Areca catechu), fruit of a palm tree. It is an agonist at both muscarinic and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. It is used in the form of various salts as a ganglionic stimulant, a parasympathomimetic, and a vermifuge, especially in veterinary practice. It has been used as a euphoriant in the Pacific Islands.
| Descriptor ID |
D001115
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.066.515.292 D03.132.080 D03.383.725.547.292
|
| Concept/Terms |
Arecoline- Arecoline
- Arecholin
- Arecolin
- Methylarecaidin
- Arecholine
- Arecaline
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Arecoline".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Arecoline".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Arecoline" by people in this website by year, and whether "Arecoline" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
![]()
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Arecoline" by people in Profiles.
-
Measuring cholinergic sensitivity: I. Arecoline effects in bipolar patients. Biol Psychiatry. 1989 Mar 01; 25(5):610-7.
-
A twin study of cholinergic REM induction. Biol Psychiatry. 1983 Oct; 18(10):1161-5.
-
Behavioral, physiological, and neuroendocrine responses to arecoline in normal twins and "well state" bipolar patients. Psychiatry Res. 1983 Jul; 9(3):191-200.
-
An effective method for measuring salivary lithium in patients on anticholinergic drugs. Biol Psychiatry. 1982 Oct; 17(10):1145-55.
-
Cholinergic regulation of mood and REM sleep: potential model and marker of vulnerability to affective disorder. Am J Psychiatry. 1982 May; 139(5):571-6.
-
Faster cholinergic REM sleep induction in euthymic patients with primary affective illness. Science. 1980 Apr 11; 208(4440):200-2.