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<drug>
Alkaloid obtained from the Indian tree Strychnos nux vomica, specific blocking agent for the action of the amino acid transmitter glycine.
Convulsive effects of strychnine are probably due to its blockage of inhibitory synapses onto spinal cord motoneurons.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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