"Pilocarpine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A slowly hydrolyzed muscarinic agonist with no nicotinic effects. Pilocarpine is used as a miotic and in the treatment of glaucoma.
Descriptor ID |
D010862
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MeSH Number(s) |
D03.132.672
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Concept/Terms |
Pilocarpine Nitrate- Pilocarpine Nitrate
- Nitrate, Pilocarpine
- Pilocarpine Mononitrate, (3S-cis)-Isomer
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2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pilocarpine" by people in Profiles.
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Yu W, Walling I, Smith AB, Ramirez-Zamora A, Pilitsis JG, Shin DS. Deep Brain Stimulation of the Ventral Pallidum Attenuates Epileptiform Activity and Seizing Behavior in Pilocarpine-Treated Rats. Brain Stimul. 2016 Mar-Apr; 9(2):285-95.
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Yu W, Smith AB, Pilitsis JG, Shin DS. Isovaline attenuates generalized epileptiform activity in hippocampal and primary sensory cortices and seizure behavior in pilocarpine treated rats. Neurosci Lett. 2015 Jul 10; 599:125-8.
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Hamam BN, Sinai M, Poirier G, Chapman CA. Cholinergic suppression of excitatory synaptic responses in layer II of the medial entorhinal cortex. Hippocampus. 2007; 17(2):103-13.
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Freddo TF, Patz S, Arshanskiy Y. Pilocarpine's effects on the blood-aqueous barrier of the human eye as assessed by high-resolution, contrast magnetic resonance imaging. Exp Eye Res. 2006 Mar; 82(3):458-64.
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Parad RB, Comeau AM, Dorkin HL, Dovey M, Gerstle R, Martin T, O'Sullivan BP. Sweat testing infants detected by cystic fibrosis newborn screening. J Pediatr. 2005 Sep; 147(3 Suppl):S69-72.
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Tissenbaum HA, Hawdon J, Perregaux M, Hotez P, Guarente L, Ruvkun G. A common muscarinic pathway for diapause recovery in the distantly related nematode species Caenorhabditis elegans and Ancylostoma caninum. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 Jan 04; 97(1):460-5.