"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,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mecamylamine" by people in Profiles.
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Cruz B, Ortegon S, Giner P, Matos-Ocasio F, Rodriguez-Crespo A, Uribe KP, Galindo KI, Serafine KM, Nazarian A, O'Dell LE. The emergence of insulin resistance following a chronic high-fat diet regimen coincides with an increase in the reinforcing effects of nicotine in a sex-dependent manner. Neuropharmacology. 2021 12 01; 200:108787.
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Jimenez T, Friedman T, Vadgama J, Singh V, Tucker A, Collazo J, Sinha S, Hikim AS, Singh R, Pervin S. 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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Nega S, Marquez P, Hamid A, Ahmad SM, Lutfy K. 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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Shao XM, L?pez-Vald?s HE, Liang J, Feldman JL. 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.
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Singh SP, Chand HS, Gundavarapu S, Saeed AI, Langley RJ, Tesfaigzi Y, Mishra NC, Sopori ML. HIF-1a Plays a Critical Role in the Gestational Sidestream Smoke-Induced Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Mice. PLoS One. 2015; 10(9):e0137757.
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Brown D, Ramlochansingh C, Manaye KF, Tizabi Y. Nicotine promotes survival of cells expressing amyloid precursor protein and presenilin: implication for Alzheimer's disease. Neurosci Lett. 2013 Feb 22; 535:57-61.
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Martinez-Ferrer M, Iturregui JM, Uwamariya C, Starkman J, Sharif-Afshar AR, Suzuki K, Visedsindh W, Matusik RJ, Dmochowski RR, Bhowmick NA. Role of nicotinic and estrogen signaling during experimental acute and chronic bladder inflammation. Am J Pathol. 2008 Jan; 172(1):59-67.
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Tizabi Y, Bai L, Copeland RL, Taylor RE. Combined effects of systemic alcohol and nicotine on dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens shell. Alcohol Alcohol. 2007 Sep-Oct; 42(5):413-6.
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Tizabi Y, Al-Namaeh M, Manaye KF, Taylor RE. Protective effects of nicotine on ethanol-induced toxicity in cultured cerebellar granule cells. Neurotox Res. 2003; 5(5):315-21.
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Tizabi Y, Copeland RL, Louis VA, Taylor RE. Effects of combined systemic alcohol and central nicotine administration into ventral tegmental area on dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2002 Mar; 26(3):394-9.