"Edrophonium" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A rapid-onset, short-acting cholinesterase inhibitor used in cardiac arrhythmias and in the diagnosis of myasthenia gravis. It has also been used as an antidote to curare principles.
| Descriptor ID |
D004491
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.092.877.674.333 D02.675.276.352
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Edrophonium" by people in Profiles.
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Is NMDA receptor activation essential for the production of locomotor-like activity in the neonatal rat spinal cord? J Neurophysiol. 2005 Dec; 94(6):3805-14.
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NMDA receptor-mediated oscillatory activity in the neonatal rat spinal cord is serotonin dependent. J Neurophysiol. 1998 May; 79(5):2804-8.
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Analysis of the organophosphate-induced electromyographic response to repetitive nerve stimulation: paradoxical response to edrophonium and D-tubocurarine. Muscle Nerve. 1991 Dec; 14(12):1182-8.
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Edrophonium: an aid in the diagnosis of acute organophosphate poisoning. Ann Neurol. 1986 May; 19(5):508-10.