a(CHEBI:Mecamylamine) decreases bp(GO:cognition)
early studies indicated that acute nicotine administration improved performance of patients with Alzheimer’s disease in cognitive tasks, whereas acute administration of the non-competitive (channel blocker) antagonist mecamylamine resulted in dose-dependent impairment of performance in a battery of cognitive tasks137–141
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