methoctramine
English
Structure of methoctramine
Etymology
Probably from meth(ylene) + oc(tane) + (te)tr(a)amine.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /mɛθˈɑk.tɹəˌmiːn/
Noun
methoctramine (uncountable)
- A polymethylene tetraamine that acts as a muscarinic antagonist
- 2015 August 26, “Age-Related Changes in Pre- and Postsynaptic Partners of the Cholinergic C-Boutons in Wild-Type and SOD1 G93A Lumbar Motoneurons”, in PLOS ONE, :
- It has been recently demonstrated that hyperexcitation can be neuroprotective for SOD1 Mns and that the muscarinic receptor antagonist, methoctramine enhanced the accumulation of misfolded SOD1 proteins in these neurons.
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