Methoctramine

//mɛθˈɑk.tɹəˌmiːn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A polymethylene tetraamine that acts as a muscarinic antagonist uncountable

    "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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"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."

Etymology

Probably from meth(ylene) + oc(tane) + (te)tr(a)amine.

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