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Association Between Genetic Variants on Chromosome 15q25 Locus and Objective Measures of Tobacco Exposure [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background: Two single-nucleotide polymorphisms, rs1051730 and rs16969968, located within the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor gene cluster on chromosome 15q25 locus, are associated with heaviness of smoking, risk for lung cancer, and other smoking ...
Timpson, NJ   +94 more
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Differing time dependencies of object recognition memory impairments produced by nicotinic and muscarinic cholinergic antagonism in perirhinal cortex [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The roles of muscarinic and nicotinic cholinergic receptors in perirhinal cortex in object recognition memory were compared. Rats' discrimination of a novel object preference test (NOP) test was measured after either systemic or local infusion into the ...
Warburton, E Clea   +20 more
core   +1 more source

Single-Molecule Studies of Ion Channels Expressing Unnatural Amino Acids [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are pentameric ligand-gated ion channels that mediate fast synaptic transmission in the brain and peripheral nervous system.
Shanata, Jai Anand Pattur
core   +1 more source

Nicotinic potentiation of frog retinotectal transmission in tectum layer F by α3β2, α4β2, α2β4, α6β2, or α7 acetylcholine receptor subtypes

open access: yesMedicina, 2015
Objective: The aim of the study was to explore the effect of semi-specific antagonists and agonists of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors on the paired-pulse facilitation and nicotinic tonic and phasic potentiation of the frog retinotectal synaptic ...
Armuntas Baginskas   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Small molecule ligands for α9 * and α7 nicotinic receptors: A survey and an update, respectively

open access: yesPharmacological Research, 2023
The α9- and α7-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) mediate numerous physiological and pathological processes by complex mechanisms that are currently the subject of intensive study and debate.
Alessandro Giraudo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Activation of α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor by nicotine selectively up-regulates cyclooxygenase-2 and prostaglandin E2 in rat microglial cultures

open access: yesJournal of Neuroinflammation, 2005
Background Nicotinic acetylcholine (Ach) receptors are ligand-gated pentameric ion channels whose main function is to transmit signals for the neurotransmitter Ach in peripheral and central nervous system.
Minghetti Luisa   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Venomous secretions from marine snails of the Terebridae family target acetylcholine receptors [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Venoms from cone snails (Conidae) have been extensively studied during the last decades, but those from other members of the suborder Toxoglossa, such as of Terebridae and Turridae superfamilies attracted less interest so far. Here, we report the effects
Wunder, C.   +26 more
core   +1 more source

α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor upregulation by anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins

open access: yesNature Communications, 2019
The α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) plays a major role in shaping the activity of neuronal circuits and contributes to the pathophysiology of several neurological disorders.
G. Brent Dawe   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Loop B is a major structural component of the 5-HT3 receptor [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The 5-HT3 receptor belongs to a family of therapeutically important neurotransmitter-gated receptors whose ligand binding sites are formed by the convergence of six peptide loops (A-F).
Thompson, Andrew J.   +9 more
core   +2 more sources

Possible Involvement of Endogenous Opioid System Located Downstream of α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor in Mice With Physical Dependence on Nicotine

open access: yesJournal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2014
.: We previously reported that nicotine (NIC)-induced analgesia was elicited in part by activation of the endogenous opioid system. Moreover, it is well known that NIC has physical-dependence liability, but its mechanism is unclear.
Keiko Ueno   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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