Curare
"Curare" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Plant extracts from several species, including genera STRYCHNOS and Chondodendron, which contain TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLINES that produce PARALYSIS of skeletal muscle. These extracts are toxic and must be used with the administration of artificial respiration.
| Descriptor ID |
D003472
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D20.215.784.500.200
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| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Curare" by people in Profiles.
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Rahman MM, Basta T, Teng J, Lee M, Worrell BT, Stowell MHB, Hibbs RE. Structural mechanism of muscle nicotinic receptor desensitization and block by curare. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2022 04; 29(4):386-394.
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Marchetti D, Haverkamp LJ, Clark RC, McManaman JL. Ontogeny of high- and low-affinity nerve growth factor receptors in the lumbar spinal cord of the developing chick embryo. Dev Biol. 1991 Nov; 148(1):306-13.
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HELD E, MALLINSON B, KONIG FE. [The use of curare in cesarean section]. Gynaecologia. 1949 Dec; 128(6):391-6.