Phencyclidine
"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
- Angel Dust
- Dust, Angel
- 1-(1-Phenylcyclohexyl)piperidine
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Phencyclidine" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Phencyclidine" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1992 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1991 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Phencyclidine" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Shaw HE, Patel DR, Gannon BM, Fitzgerald LR, Carbonaro TM, Johnson CR, Fantegrossi WE. Phencyclidine-Like Abuse Liability and Psychosis-Like Neurocognitive Effects of Novel Arylcyclohexylamine Drugs of Abuse in Rodents. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2024 Jun 21; 390(1):14-28.
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Berquist MD, Hyatt WS, Bauer-Erickson J, Gannon BM, Norwood AP, Fantegrossi WE. Phencyclidine-like in?vivo effects of methoxetamine in mice and rats. Neuropharmacology. 2018 05 15; 134(Pt A):158-166.