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

, 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
Kauferstein, Silke, Kendel, Yvonne, Kurz, Alexander, Mebs, Dietrich, Melaun, Christian, Nicke, Annette, Peigneur, Steve, Tytgat, Jan, Wunder, Cora   +8 more
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Small molecule ligands for α9 * and α7 nicotinic receptors: A survey and an update, respectively

Pharmacological 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, Marco Pallavicini, Cristiano Bolchi   +2 more
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Nicotine-Induced Effects on Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors (nAChRs), Ca2+ and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) in STC-1 Cells [PDF]

, 2016
In addition to the T2R bitter taste receptors, neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) have recently been shown to be involved in the bitter taste transduction of nicotine, acetylcholine and ethanol.
Alkahtan, Reem M., Grider, John R., Lyall, Vijay, Mahavadi, Sunila, Mummalaneni, Shobha K., Murthy, Karnam S., Qian, Jie   +6 more
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A novel α-conotoxin, PeIA, cloned from Conus pergrandis, discriminates between Rat α9α10 and α7 nicotinic cholinergic receptors [PDF]

, 2005
The α9 and α10 nicotinic cholinergic subunits assemble to form the receptor believed to mediate synaptic transmission between efferent olivocochlear fibers and hair cells of the cochlea, one of the few examples of postsynaptic function for a non-muscle ...
Arredondo, Azam, Baker, Balestra, Bleckmann, Bobbin, Boulter, Cartier, Champtiaux, Chernyavsky, Colquhoun, Conroy, Couturier, Dawkins, Deneris, Drescher, Duvoisin, Elgoyhen, Elgoyhen, Engelmann, Flock, Fuchs, Genzen, Gerzanich, Gerzanich, Glowatzki, Goldman, Gotti, Gotti, Groot-Kormelink, Guinan, Haberberger, Jones, Karlin, Katz, Katz, Kros, Kurzen, Le Novere, Lips, Luebke, Lustig, McIntosh, McIntosh, Mihovilovic, Morley, Nguyen, Nicke, Peng, Pohlmann, Rothlin, Russell, Santos, Sato, Seguela, Sgard, Terlau, Walker, Wals, Weisstaub   +59 more
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Intracellular mechanisms underlying the nicotinic enhancement of LTP in the rat dentate gyrus [PDF]

, 2008
We have previously shown that activation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) enhanced long-term potentiation (LTP) in the rat dentate gyrus in vitro via activation of α7 nAChR. In the present studies, mechanisms underlying the acute and chronic
Abel, Arendt, Atack, Bain, Bear, Blanquet, Bliss, Blitzer, Blitzer, Bogan, Casey, Charpantier, Cho, Dajas-Bailador, Davies, Davis, Decker, Dhavan, Dominguez del Toro, English, Faghih, Fujii, Giovannini, Gray, Hope, Huang, Huang, Hunter, Hurst, Ji, Jones, Kawakami, Kelly, Kihara, Klein, Krause, Le Novere, Levin, Li, Liston, Lu, Man, Mann, Marrero, Matsuyama, Matthies, Meriane, Opazo, O’Dell, Peavy, Picciotto, Polesskaya, Polesskaya, Radcliffe, Roberson, Rush, Salazar, Sanna, Sanna, Santos, Seguela, Sharifzadeh, Sharifzadeh, Sharma, Shaw, Shaw, Sweatt, Takada-Takatori, Tominaga-Yoshino, Wada, Wang, Wang, Welsby, Welsby, Whitehouse, Woo, Wu, Yang, Ying, Yu, Zhang, Zwart   +81 more
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Commentary: Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α9 and α10 subunits are expressed in the brain of mice [PDF]

, 2018
Fil: Morley, Barbara J.. Boys Town National Research Hospita; Estados UnidosFil: Whiteaker, Paul. Barrow Neurological Institute; Estados UnidosFil: Elgoyhen, Ana Belen. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas.
Elgoyhen, Ana Belen, Morley, Barbara J., Whiteaker, Paul   +2 more
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Nicotinic α7 acetylcholine receptor-mediated currents are not modulated by the tryptophan metabolite kynurenic acid in adult hippocampal interneurons [PDF]

, 2011
The  tryptophan  metabolite,  kynurenic  acid (KYNA),  is  classically  known  to  be  an antagonist  of ionotropic glutamate receptors.
Andrew L. Varnell, Donald C. Cooper, Kevin J. Staley, Peter Dobelis   +3 more
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Mecamylamine inhibits seizure-like activity in CA1-CA3 hippocampus through antagonism to nicotinic receptors.

PLoS ONE, 2021
Cholinergic modulation of hippocampal network function is implicated in multiple behavioral and cognitive states. Activation of nicotinic and muscarinic acetylcholine receptors affects neuronal excitability, synaptic transmission and rhythmic ...
Olha Zapukhliak, Olga Netsyk, Artur Romanov, Oleksandr Maximyuk, Murat Oz, Gregory L Holmes, Oleg Krishtal, Dmytro Isaev   +7 more
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Nicotine addiction : a review [PDF]

, 2013
Nicotine, the major psychoactive compound in tobacco, acts as a potent addictive drug in humans. The addictive nature of nicotine leads to more than 6 million deaths a year.
Di Giovanni, Giuseppe, Vella, Jacob
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Inhibition of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, a novel facet in the pleiotropic activities of snake venom phospholipases A2.

PLoS ONE, 2014
Phospholipases A2 represent the most abundant family of snake venom proteins. They manifest an array of biological activities, which is constantly expanding. We have recently shown that a protein bitanarin, isolated from the venom of the puff adder Bitis
Catherine A Vulfius, Igor E Kasheverov, Vladislav G Starkov, Alexey V Osipov, Tatyana V Andreeva, Sergey Yu Filkin, Elena V Gorbacheva, Maxim E Astashev, Victor I Tsetlin, Yuri N Utkin   +9 more
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