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Mecamylamine hydrochloride

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Mecamylamine hydrochloride | CAS No. 110691-49-1 | Additional Nicotinic Receptor Antagonists
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Description: Non-competitive nAChR antagonist

Chemical Name: (1R,2S,4S)-rel-N,2,3,3-Tetramethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-amine hydrochloride

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Biological Activity

Mecamylamine hydrochloride is a non-competitive nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist. Displays antidepressant-like effects in mice.

Technical Data

M.Wt:
203.75
Formula:
C11H21N.HCl
Solubility:
Soluble to 100 mM in water and to 100 mM in DMSO
Storage:
Desiccate at RT
CAS No:
110691-49-1

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Background References

  1. Modeling study of mecamylamine block of muscle type acetylcholine receptors.
    Ostroumov et al.
    Eur.Biophys.J., 2007;37:393
  2. The nicotinic antagonist mecamylamine has antidepressant-like effects in wild-type but not β2- or α7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit knockout mice.
    Rabenstein et al.
    Psychopharmacol., 2006;189:395

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Citations for Mecamylamine hydrochloride

The citations listed below are publications that use Tocris products. Selected citations for Mecamylamine hydrochloride include:

21 Citations: Showing 1 - 10

  1. Chronology-based architecture of descending circuits that underlie the development of locomotor repertoire after birth.
    Authors: Pujala and Koyama
    Elife  2019;8
  2. GABAergic inhibition in dual-transmission cholinergic and GABAergic striatal interneurons is abolished in Parkinson disease.
    Authors: Lozovaya Et al.
    Nat Commun  2018;9(1):1422
  3. The Coordinated Activities of nAChR and Wnt Signaling Regulate Intestinal Stem Cell Function in Mice.
    Authors: Takahashi Et al.
    Int J Mol Sci  2018;19
  4. Developmental nicotine exposure affects larval brain size and the adult dopaminergic system of Drosophila melanogaster.
    Authors: Morris Et al.
    BMC Dev Biol  2018;18:13
  5. Differential processing of thalamic information via distinct striatal interneuron circuits.
    Authors: Assous
    Nat Commun  2017;8:15860
  6. Speed and segmentation control mechanisms characterized in rhythmically-active circuits created from spinal neurons produced from genetically-tagged embryonic stem cells.
    Authors: Sternfeld Et al.
    Elife  2017;6
  7. Nicotinic and opioid receptor regulation of striatal DA D2-receptor mediated transmission
    Authors: Mamaligas Et al.
    Scientific Reports  2016;6:37834
  8. Interictal spikes during sleep are an early defect in the Tg2576 mouse model of β-amyloid neuropathology.
    Authors: Kam Et al.
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A  2016;6:20119
  9. A cholinergic basal forebrain feeding circuit modulates appetite suppression
    Authors: Herman Et al.
    Nature  2016;538:253
  10. Acetylcholine induces GABA release onto rod bipolar cells through heteromeric nicotinic receptors expressed in A17 amacrine cells.
    Authors: Elgueta Et al.
    PLoS One  2015;9:6
  11. Ins enhances striatal DA release by activating cholinergic interneurons and thereby signals reward.
    Authors: Stouffer Et al.
    Nat Commun  2015;6:8543
  12. Corelease of acetylcholine and GABA from cholinergic forebrain neurons.
    Authors: Saunders Et al.
    Sci Rep  2015;4
  13. Synergy of direct and indirect cholinergic septo-hippocampal pathways coordinates firing in hippocampal networks.
    Authors: Dannenberg Et al.
    J Neurosci  2015;35:8394
  14. Cholinergic control of γ power in the midbrain spatial attention network.
    Authors: Bryant Et al.
    Elife  2015;35:761
  15. Muscarinic receptors modulate dendrodendritic inhibitory synapses to sculpt glomerular output.
    Authors: Liu Et al.
    Front Cell Neurosci  2015;35:5680
  16. Interconnection and synchronization of neuronal populations in the mouse medial septum/diagonal band of Broca.
    Authors: Leão Et al.
    J Neurosci  2015;113:971
  17. Muscarinic regulation of DA and glutamate transmission in the nucleus accumbens.
    Authors: Shin Et al.
    J Neurophysiol  2015;112:8124
  18. Pharmacological Investigation of Fluoro-Gold Entry into Spinal Neurons.
    Authors: Falgairolle and O'Donovan
    Eur J Neurosci  2015;10:e0131430
  19. Comparison of the reinforcing properties of nicotine and cigarette smoke extract in rats.
    Authors: Costello Et al.
    Neuropsychopharmacology  2014;39:1843
  20. Cholinergic interneurons mediate fast VGluT3-dependent glutamatergic transmission in the striatum.
    Authors: Higley Et al.
    PLoS One  2011;6:e19155
  21. Desensitization of alpha7 nicotinic receptor is governed by coupling strength relative to gate tightness.
    Authors: Zhang Et al.
    J Biol Chem  2011;286:25331

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