"Phencyclidine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A hallucinogen formerly used as a veterinary anesthetic, and briefly as a general anesthetic for humans. Phencyclidine is similar to KETAMINE in structure and in many of its effects. Like ketamine, it can produce a dissociative state. It exerts its pharmacological action through inhibition of NMDA receptors (RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE). As a drug of abuse, it is known as PCP and Angel Dust.
| Descriptor ID |
D010622
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.621.699
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| Concept/Terms |
Phencyclidine- Phencyclidine
- 1-(1-Phenylcyclohexyl)piperidine
- Angel Dust
- Dust, Angel
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Anticonvulsant effects of phencyclidine-like drugs: relation to N-methyl-D-aspartic acid antagonism. Brain Res. 1988 Jun 28; 454(1-2):368-72.