"Dextromethorphan" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Methyl analog of DEXTRORPHAN that shows high affinity binding to several regions of the brain, including the medullary cough center. This compound is an NMDA receptor antagonist (RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE) and acts as a non-competitive channel blocker. It is one of the widely used ANTITUSSIVES, and is also used to study the involvement of glutamate receptors in neurotoxicity.
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D003915
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.132.577.249.200 D03.605.497.212 D03.633.400.686.212 D04.615.723.795.200
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