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European Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 62, Issue 11, December 2025.ABSTRACT The medial habenula–interpeduncular nucleus pathway is a highly conserved and densely innervated brain circuit known for its unique cholinergic transmission and exceptional expression of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. This pathway plays a critical role in regulating motivational and emotional processes, particularly those related to ...
Maria Ciscato +2 more
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Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Modulators from Cone Snails
Marine Drugs, 2018 Marine cone snails are a large family of gastropods that have evolved highly potent venoms for predation and defense. The cone snail venom has exceptional molecular diversity in neuropharmacologically active compounds, targeting a range of receptors, ion
Nikita Abraham, Richard J. Lewis
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Biomedicines, 2020 Voltage-gated sodium (NaV) channel subtypes, including NaV1.7, are promising targets for the treatment of neurological diseases, such as chronic pain. Cone snail-derived µ-conotoxins are small, potent NaV channel inhibitors which represent potential drug
Kirsten L. McMahon +5 more
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Lavender oil-potent anxiolytic properties via modulating voltage dependent calcium channels [PDF]
, 2013 Recent clinical data support the clinical use of oral lavender oil in patients suffering from subsyndromal anxiety. We identified the molecular mechanism of action that will alter the perception of lavender oil as a nonspecific ingredient of aromatherapy
Klugbauer, Norbert +5 more
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Solution structure of α‐conotoxin SI [PDF]
FEBS Letters, 2000 The nuclear magnetic resonance solution structure of α‐conotoxin SI has been determined at pH 4.2. The 36 lowest energy structures show that α‐conotoxin SI exists in a single major solution conformation and is stabilized by six hydrogen bonds. Comparisons are made between the SI solution structure and the solution and crystal structures of α‐conotoxin ...
Benie, Andrew J. +4 more
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Cancer Reports, Volume 8, Issue 11, November 2025.ABSTRACT Background The prevalence of cancer poses significant challenges to treatment, largely because of drug resistance along with other side effects. Current studies have been investigating the growth factors more than other biologic tumor features, such as neurobiologic features.
Mohammad Hossein Azadi +3 more
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Folding of small disulfide-rich proteins : clarifying the puzzle [PDF]
, 2006 Premi a l'excel·lència investigadora. Àmbit de les Ciències Experimentals. 2008The process by which small proteins fold to their native conformations has been intensively studied over the last few decades.
Apuy +73 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 11, November 2025.We examined patterns of dietary and genetic variation of a broadly distributed, Indo‐West Pacific cone snail at four sites in French Polynesia and compared them to populations at Guam, American Samoa, and Rapa Nui. Our results indicate that populations at French Polynesia possess broad and overlapping diets that are most similar to those of Rapa Nui ...
Thomas F. Duda Jr +1 more
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Quo Vadis Venomics? A Roadmap to Neglected Venomous Invertebrates [PDF]
, 2014 This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. (CC BY 4.0).
Campbell, L, Jenner, R, von Reumont, B
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Degradation kinetics of α‐conotoxin TxID [PDF]
FEBS Open Bio, 2019 α‐Conotoxin (CTx) TxID is a potent α3β4 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) antagonist that has been suggested as a potential drug candidate to treat addiction and small cell lung cancer. The function and structure of TxID have been well‐studied, but analyses of its stability have not previously been reported.
Pan Xu +6 more
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