Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Install
Faster access than browser!
 

Etoxadrol

Index Etoxadrol

Etoxadrol (CL-1848C) is a dissociative anaesthetic drug that has been found to be an NMDA antagonist and produce similar effects to PCP in animals. [1]

69 relations: Adipose tissue, Analgesic, Anesthesia, Anesthetic, Anticonvulsant, Binding site, Bioavailability, Blood–brain barrier, Brain, Calcium, Cell (biology), Cell membrane, Chemical synthesis, Circulatory system, Cocaine, Consciousness, Convulsion, Depolarization, Dexoxadrol, Dissociative, Dopamine, Dose (biochemistry), Dream, Drug, Epileptic seizure, Glutamic acid, Hallucination, Hallucinogen, Heart rate, Intravenous therapy, Ion channel, Isotopic labeling, Μ-opioid receptor, Ketamine, Lethal dose, Ligand (biochemistry), Lipophilicity, Liver, Magnesium, Mesolimbic pathway, Monkey, Mouse, Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor, Muscular system, Nervous system, Neurotransmitter, Nightmare, NMDA receptor, NMDA receptor antagonist, Non-competitive inhibition, ..., Organ (anatomy), Pain, Pentylenetetrazol, Phencyclidine, Potassium, Potency (pharmacology), Protein, Psychosis, Receptor antagonist, Reinforcement, Respiratory failure, Respiratory rate, Respiratory system, Righting reflex, Serotonin, Sodium, Surgery, Tenocyclidine, Vomiting. Expand index (19 more) »

Adipose tissue

In biology, adipose tissue, body fat, or simply fat is a loose connective tissue composed mostly of adipocytes.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Adipose tissue · See more »

Analgesic

An analgesic or painkiller is any member of the group of drugs used to achieve analgesia, relief from pain.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Analgesic · See more »

Anesthesia

In the practice of medicine (especially surgery and dentistry), anesthesia or anaesthesia (from Greek "without sensation") is a state of temporary induced loss of sensation or awareness.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Anesthesia · See more »

Anesthetic

An anesthetic (or anaesthetic) is a drug to prevent pain during surgery, completely blocking any feeling as opposed to an analgesic.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Anesthetic · See more »

Anticonvulsant

Anticonvulsants (also commonly known as antiepileptic drugs or as antiseizure drugs) are a diverse group of pharmacological agents used in the treatment of epileptic seizures.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Anticonvulsant · See more »

Binding site

In biochemistry, a binding site is a region on a protein or piece of DNA or RNA to which ligands (specific molecules and/or ions) may form a chemical bond.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Binding site · See more »

Bioavailability

In pharmacology, bioavailability (BA or F) is a subcategory of absorption and is the fraction of an administered dose of unchanged drug that reaches the systemic circulation, one of the principal pharmacokinetic properties of drugs.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Bioavailability · See more »

Blood–brain barrier

The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a highly selective semipermeable membrane barrier that separates the circulating blood from the brain and extracellular fluid in the central nervous system (CNS).

New!!: Etoxadrol and Blood–brain barrier · See more »

Brain

The brain is an organ that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Brain · See more »

Calcium

Calcium is a chemical element with symbol Ca and atomic number 20.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Calcium · See more »

Cell (biology)

The cell (from Latin cella, meaning "small room") is the basic structural, functional, and biological unit of all known living organisms.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Cell (biology) · See more »

Cell membrane

The cell membrane (also known as the plasma membrane or cytoplasmic membrane, and historically referred to as the plasmalemma) is a biological membrane that separates the interior of all cells from the outside environment (the extracellular space).

New!!: Etoxadrol and Cell membrane · See more »

Chemical synthesis

Chemical synthesis is a purposeful execution of chemical reactions to obtain a product, or several products.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Chemical synthesis · See more »

Circulatory system

The circulatory system, also called the cardiovascular system or the vascular system, is an organ system that permits blood to circulate and transport nutrients (such as amino acids and electrolytes), oxygen, carbon dioxide, hormones, and blood cells to and from the cells in the body to provide nourishment and help in fighting diseases, stabilize temperature and pH, and maintain homeostasis.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Circulatory system · See more »

Cocaine

Cocaine, also known as coke, is a strong stimulant mostly used as a recreational drug.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Cocaine · See more »

Consciousness

Consciousness is the state or quality of awareness, or, of being aware of an external object or something within oneself.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Consciousness · See more »

Convulsion

A convulsion is a medical condition where body muscles contract and relax rapidly and repeatedly, resulting in an uncontrolled shaking of the body.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Convulsion · See more »

Depolarization

In biology, depolarization is a change within a cell, during which the cell undergoes a shift in electric charge distribution, resulting in less negative charge inside the cell.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Depolarization · See more »

Dexoxadrol

Dexoxadrol (Dioxadrol) is a dissociative anaesthetic drug which has been found to be an NMDA antagonist and produces similar effects to PCP in animals.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Dexoxadrol · See more »

Dissociative

Dissociatives are a class of hallucinogen, which distort perceptions of sight and sound and produce feelings of detachment – dissociation – from the environment and self.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Dissociative · See more »

Dopamine

Dopamine (DA, a contraction of 3,4-dihydroxyphenethylamine) is an organic chemical of the catecholamine and phenethylamine families that plays several important roles in the brain and body.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Dopamine · See more »

Dose (biochemistry)

A dose is a measured quantity of a medicine, nutrient, or pathogen which is delivered as a unit.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Dose (biochemistry) · See more »

Dream

A dream is a succession of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that usually occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Dream · See more »

Drug

A drug is any substance (other than food that provides nutritional support) that, when inhaled, injected, smoked, consumed, absorbed via a patch on the skin, or dissolved under the tongue causes a temporary physiological (and often psychological) change in the body.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Drug · See more »

Epileptic seizure

An epileptic seizure is a brief episode of signs or symptoms due to abnormally excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Epileptic seizure · See more »

Glutamic acid

Glutamic acid (symbol Glu or E) is an α-amino acid with formula.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Glutamic acid · See more »

Hallucination

A hallucination is a perception in the absence of external stimulus that has qualities of real perception.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Hallucination · See more »

Hallucinogen

A hallucinogen is a psychoactive agent which can cause hallucinations, perceptual anomalies, and other substantial subjective changes in thoughts, emotion, and consciousness.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Hallucinogen · See more »

Heart rate

Heart rate is the speed of the heartbeat measured by the number of contractions of the heart per minute (bpm).

New!!: Etoxadrol and Heart rate · See more »

Intravenous therapy

Intravenous therapy (IV) is a therapy that delivers liquid substances directly into a vein (intra- + ven- + -ous).

New!!: Etoxadrol and Intravenous therapy · See more »

Ion channel

Ion channels are pore-forming membrane proteins that allow ions to pass through the channel pore.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Ion channel · See more »

Isotopic labeling

Isotopic labeling (or isotopic labelling) is a technique used to track the passage of an isotope (an atom with a detectable variation) through a reaction, metabolic pathway, or cell.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Isotopic labeling · See more »

Μ-opioid receptor

The μ-opioid receptors (MOR) are a class of opioid receptors with a high affinity for enkephalins and beta-endorphin, but a low affinity for dynorphins.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Μ-opioid receptor · See more »

Ketamine

Ketamine, sold under the brand name Ketalar among others, is a medication mainly used for starting and maintaining anesthesia.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Ketamine · See more »

Lethal dose

In toxicology, the lethal dose (LD) is an indication of the lethal toxicity of a given substance or type of radiation.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Lethal dose · See more »

Ligand (biochemistry)

In biochemistry and pharmacology, a ligand is a substance that forms a complex with a biomolecule to serve a biological purpose.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Ligand (biochemistry) · See more »

Lipophilicity

Lipophilicity (from Greek λίπος "fat" and φίλος "friendly"), refers to the ability of a chemical compound to dissolve in fats, oils, lipids, and non-polar solvents such as hexane or toluene.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Lipophilicity · See more »

Liver

The liver, an organ only found in vertebrates, detoxifies various metabolites, synthesizes proteins, and produces biochemicals necessary for digestion.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Liver · See more »

Magnesium

Magnesium is a chemical element with symbol Mg and atomic number 12.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Magnesium · See more »

Mesolimbic pathway

The mesolimbic pathway, sometimes referred to as the reward pathway, is a dopaminergic pathway in the brain.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Mesolimbic pathway · See more »

Monkey

Monkeys are non-hominoid simians, generally possessing tails and consisting of about 260 known living species.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Monkey · See more »

Mouse

A mouse (Mus), plural mice, is a small rodent characteristically having a pointed snout, small rounded ears, a body-length scaly tail and a high breeding rate.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Mouse · See more »

Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor

Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors, or mAChRs, are acetylcholine receptors that form G protein-coupled receptor complexes in the cell membranes of certain neurons and other cells.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor · See more »

Muscular system

The muscular system is an organ system consisting of skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscles.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Muscular system · See more »

Nervous system

The nervous system is the part of an animal that coordinates its actions by transmitting signals to and from different parts of its body.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Nervous system · See more »

Neurotransmitter

Neurotransmitters are endogenous chemicals that enable neurotransmission.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Neurotransmitter · See more »

Nightmare

A nightmare, also called a bad dream, Retrieved July 11, 2016.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Nightmare · See more »

NMDA receptor

The N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (also known as the NMDA receptor or NMDAR), is a glutamate receptor and ion channel protein found in nerve cells.

New!!: Etoxadrol and NMDA receptor · See more »

NMDA receptor antagonist

NMDA receptor antagonists are a class of anesthetics that work to antagonize, or inhibit the action of, the ''N''-Methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR).

New!!: Etoxadrol and NMDA receptor antagonist · See more »

Non-competitive inhibition

Non-competitive inhibition is a type of enzyme inhibition where the inhibitor reduces the activity of the enzyme and binds equally well to the enzyme whether or not it has already bound the substrate.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Non-competitive inhibition · See more »

Organ (anatomy)

Organs are collections of tissues with similar functions.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Organ (anatomy) · See more »

Pain

Pain is a distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging stimuli.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Pain · See more »

Pentylenetetrazol

Pentylenetetrazol, also known as pentylenetetrazole, metrazol, pentetrazol (INN), pentamethylenetetrazol, Corazol, Cardiazol, deumacard or PTZ, is a drug formerly used as a circulatory and respiratory stimulant.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Pentylenetetrazol · See more »

Phencyclidine

Phencyclidine (PCP), also known as angel dust among other names, is a drug used for its mind altering effects.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Phencyclidine · See more »

Potassium

Potassium is a chemical element with symbol K (from Neo-Latin kalium) and atomic number 19.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Potassium · See more »

Potency (pharmacology)

In the field of pharmacology, potency is a measure of drug activity expressed in terms of the amount required to produce an effect of given intensity.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Potency (pharmacology) · See more »

Protein

Proteins are large biomolecules, or macromolecules, consisting of one or more long chains of amino acid residues.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Protein · See more »

Psychosis

Psychosis is an abnormal condition of the mind that results in difficulties telling what is real and what is not.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Psychosis · See more »

Receptor antagonist

A receptor antagonist is a type of receptor ligand or drug that blocks or dampens a biological response by binding to and blocking a receptor rather than activating it like an agonist.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Receptor antagonist · See more »

Reinforcement

In behavioral psychology, reinforcement is a consequence that will strengthen an organism's future behavior whenever that behavior is preceded by a specific antecedent stimulus.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Reinforcement · See more »

Respiratory failure

Respiratory failure results from inadequate gas exchange by the respiratory system, meaning that the arterial oxygen, carbon dioxide or both cannot be kept at normal levels.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Respiratory failure · See more »

Respiratory rate

The respiratory rate is the rate at which breathing occurs.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Respiratory rate · See more »

Respiratory system

The respiratory system (also respiratory apparatus, ventilatory system) is a biological system consisting of specific organs and structures used for gas exchange in animals and plants.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Respiratory system · See more »

Righting reflex

The righting reflex, also known as the Labyrinthine righting reflex, is a reflex that corrects the orientation of the body when it is taken out of its normal upright position.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Righting reflex · See more »

Serotonin

Serotonin or 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) is a monoamine neurotransmitter.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Serotonin · See more »

Sodium

Sodium is a chemical element with symbol Na (from Latin natrium) and atomic number 11.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Sodium · See more »

Surgery

Surgery (from the χειρουργική cheirourgikē (composed of χείρ, "hand", and ἔργον, "work"), via chirurgiae, meaning "hand work") is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate or treat a pathological condition such as a disease or injury, to help improve bodily function or appearance or to repair unwanted ruptured areas.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Surgery · See more »

Tenocyclidine

Tenocyclidine (TCP) was discovered by a team at Parke-Davis in the late 1950s.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Tenocyclidine · See more »

Vomiting

Vomiting, also known as emesis, puking, barfing, throwing up, among other terms, is the involuntary, forceful expulsion of the contents of one's stomach through the mouth and sometimes the nose.

New!!: Etoxadrol and Vomiting · See more »

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etoxadrol

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »