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The Impact of Removal of Ovarian Hormones on Cholinergic Muscarinic Receptors: Examining Prepulse Inhibition and Receptor Binding

Brain Sciences, 2020
Ovarian hormones, such as estrogens and progesterone, are known to exert beneficial effects on cognition and some psychiatric disorders. The basis of these effects is not fully understood, but may involve altered cholinergic neurotransmission. This study
Sarah S. Ch’ng, Adam J. Walker, Madeleine McCarthy, Thien-Kim Le, Natalie Thomas, Andrew Gibbons, Madhara Udawela, Snezana Kusljic, Brian Dean, Andrea Gogos   +9 more
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Characterization of Bladder Selectivity of Antimuscarinic Agents on the Basis of Drug-Receptor Binding [PDF]

International Neurourology Journal, 2012
The in vivo muscarinic receptor binding of antimuscarinic agents (oxybutynin, solifenacin, tolterodine, and imidafenacin) used to treat urinary dysfunction in patients with overactive bladder is reviewed.
Shizuo Yamada, Shiori Kuraoka, Ayaka Osano, Yoshihiko Ito   +3 more
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Antipsychotic-like effect of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor agonist BuTAC in non-human primates. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Cholinergic, muscarinic receptor agonists exhibit functional dopamine antagonism and muscarinic receptors have been suggested as possible future targets for the treatment of schizophrenia and drug abuse. The muscarinic ligand (5R,6R)-6-(3-butylthio-1,2,5-
Maibritt B Andersen, Carrie Hughes Croy, Ditte Dencker, Thomas Werge, Frank P Bymaster, Christian C Felder, Anders Fink-Jensen   +6 more
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Muscarinic M1 receptors stimulated by intracerebroventricular administration of McN-A-343 reduces the nerve injury-induced mechanical hypersensitivity via GABAB receptors rather than GABAA receptors in mice

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2020
Cholinergic neurons play an important role in the higher functions of the brain, such as the memory, cognition, and nociception. However, the exact mechanism behind how the stimulation of all the muscarinic M1 receptors in the entire brain results in the
Keisuke Migita, Akiko Nishimura, Fumihiro Eto, Kohei Koga, Taichi Matsumoto, Kazuki Terada, Shuji Hara, Kenji Honda   +7 more
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The role of muscarinic receptors in the beneficial effects of adenosine against myocardial reperfusion injury in rats. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
Adenosine, a catabolite of ATP, displays a wide variety of effects in the heart including regulation of cardiac response to myocardial ischemia and reperfusion injury.
Lei Sun, Dong-Ling Li, Mei Zhao, Xi He, Xiao-Jiang Yu, Yi Miao, Hao Wang, Jun Ren, Wei-Jin Zang   +8 more
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Histamine H1 Receptor Down-Regulation Mediated by M3 Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor Subtype

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2004
Heterologous down-regulation of histamine H1 receptor (H1R) mediated by muscarinic acetylcholine receptor subtype was investigated using five kinds of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells stably co-expressing the human H1R and one of the five (M1 –M5 ...
Katsuhiro Miyoshi, Nozomi Kawakami, Yousuke Wakayama, Norimasa Izumi, Shuhei Horio, Hiroyuki Fukui   +5 more
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Decreased expression and impaired function of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in the rat hippocampus following transient forebrain ischemia

Neurobiology of Disease, 2005
In this study, we investigated whether transient cerebral ischemia affects the function and molecular expression of specific muscarinic cholinergic receptors.
Guangming Zhang, Liang Zhang, Richard Logan, Benjamin P. Jung, Darren Yuen, Jee Ching Hsu, James H. Eubanks   +6 more
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Carbachol Induces Ca2+-Dependent Contraction via Muscarinic M2 and M3 Receptors in Rat Intestinal Subepithelial Myofibroblasts

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2009
.: Intestinal myofibroblasts (IMFs) that exist adjacent to the basement membrane of intestines have contractility and contribute to physical barriers of the intestine.
Koichi Iwanaga, Takahisa Murata, Muneyoshi Okada, Masatoshi Hori, Hiroshi Ozaki   +4 more
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Cholinergic Regulation of Orexin/Hypocretin Neurons Through M3Muscarinic Receptor in Mice

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2008
The cholinergic system plays an important role in regulation of arousal and REM sleep. In the present study, we showed that a muscarinic receptor agonist, carbachol (CCh), activates almost 20% of orexin-producing neurons (orexin neurons), which play a ...
Kousaku Ohno, Mari Hondo, Takeshi Sakurai   +2 more
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The Spinal Muscarinic M1 Receptors and GABAA Receptors Contribute to the McN-A-343–Induced Antinociceptive Effects During Thermal Stimulation of Mice

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2008
The present study was undertaken to clarify how spinal muscarinic receptors are involved in the antinociceptive effects in thermal stimulation. Intrathecal (i.t.) injection of the muscarinic agonist McN-A-343 inhibited the tail-flick response to noxious ...
Kenji Honda, Keigo Horikawa, Suguru Ando, Kohei Koga, Satoshi Kawata, Keisuke Migita, Yukio Takano   +6 more
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