"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 D03.633.100.473.402.681.722
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Strychnine" by people in Profiles.
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Gdovin MJ, Jackson VV, Zamora DA, Leiter JC. Effect of prevention of lung inflation on metamorphosis and respiration in the developing bullfrog tadpole, Rana catesbeiana. J Exp Zool A Comp Exp Biol. 2006 Apr 01; 305(4):335-47.
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Chirwa SS, Stafford-Segert I, Soja PJ, Chase MH. Strychnine antagonizes jaw-closer motoneuron IPSPs induced by reticular stimulation during active sleep. Brain Res. 1991 May 03; 547(2):323-6.