 Strychnine
"Strychnine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An alkaloid found in the seeds of STRYCHNOS NUX-VOMICA. It is a competitive antagonist at glycine receptors and thus a convulsant. It has been used as an analeptic, in the treatment of nonketotic hyperglycinemia and sleep apnea, and as a rat poison.
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D013331
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.132.436.681.722 D03.438.473.402.681.722
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| 1988 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Strychnine" by people in Profiles.
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Borghese CM, Blednov YA, Quan Y, Iyer SV, Xiong W, Mihic SJ, Zhang L, Lovinger DM, Trudell JR, Homanics GE, Harris RA. Characterization of two mutations, M287L and Q266I, in the a1 glycine receptor subunit that modify sensitivity to alcohols. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2012 Feb; 340(2):304-16.
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Tryba AK, Peña F, Lieske SP, Viemari JC, Thoby-Brisson M, Ramirez JM. Differential modulation of neural network and pacemaker activity underlying eupnea and sigh-breathing activities. J Neurophysiol. 2008 May; 99(5):2114-25.
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Chatt AB, Ebersole JS. Comparisons between strychnine and penicillin epileptogenesis suggest that propagating epileptiform abnormalities require the potentiation of thalamocortical circuitry in neocortical layer 4. Exp Neurol. 1988 May; 100(2):365-80.
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