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Acetylcholine-induced inhibition of presynaptic calcium signals and transmitter release in the frog neuromuscular junction

Frontiers in Physiology, 2016
Acetylcholine (ACh), released from axonal terminals of motor neurones in neuromuscular junctions regulates the efficacy of neurotransmission through activation of presynaptic nicotinic and muscarinic autoreceptors.
Eduard Khaziev, Eduard Khaziev, Eduard Khaziev, Dmitry Samigullin, Dmitry Samigullin, Dmitry Samigullin, Nikita Zhilyakov, Nikita Zhilyakov, Nijaz Fatikhov, Ellya Bukharaeva, Ellya Bukharaeva, Alexej Verkhratsky, Evgeny Nikolsky, Evgeny Nikolsky, Evgeny Nikolsky   +14 more
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G protein‐coupled receptor‐mediated autophagy in health and disease

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
G protein‐coupled receptors (GPCRs) constitute the largest and most diverse superfamily of mammalian transmembrane proteins. These receptors are involved in a wide range of physiological functions and are targets for more than a third of available drugs in the market. Autophagy is a cellular process involved in degrading damaged proteins and organelles
Devrim Öz‐Arslan, Zeynep Aslıhan Durer, Beki Kan   +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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PET mapping of receptor occupancy using joint direct parametric reconstruction [PDF]

Receptor occupancy (RO) studies using PET neuroimaging play a critical role in the development of drugs targeting the central nervous system (CNS). The conventional approach to estimate drug receptor occupancy consists in estimation of binding potential changes between two PET scans (baseline and post-drug injection).
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Oral hyoscine butylbromide exerts spasmolytic effects in both gastrointestinal and urogenital tissues in rats

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Background and Purpose Hyoscine butylbromide (HBB) has a low oral (PO) bioavailability. Further, limited data on its activity on non‐gastrointestinal (GI) smooth muscle spasms after oral dosing are available, causing its effects beyond the GI tract to be questioned.
Sara Traserra, Terence Appelqvist, Robert Lange, Maura Corsetti, Marcel Jimenez   +4 more
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A novel anxiety-associated SNP identified in LYNX2 (LYPD1) is associated with decreased protein binding to nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
IntroductionAnxiety disorders are among the most common mental illnesses in the US. An estimated 31.1% of U.S. adults experience any anxiety disorder at some time in their lives.
Kristin R. Anderson, Wenpeng Cao, Hui Sun Lee, Mark A. Crenshaw, Talulla B. Palumbo, Ethan Fisher-Perez, Amanda DeGraaf, Peter Rogu, Maria A. Beatty, Gabrielle M. Gracias, Gabrielle M. Gracias, Avani V. Pisapati, Katie Hoffman, Krystle J. McLaughlin, Almut Hupbach, Wonpil Im, Wonpil Im, X. Frank Zhang, Julie M. Miwa   +18 more
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Systems level circuit model of C. elegans undulatory locomotion: mathematical modeling and molecular genetics [PDF]

Journal of Computational Neuroscience 24, 253-276 (2008), 2007
To establish the relationship between locomotory behavior and dynamics of neural circuits in the nematode C. elegans we combined molecular and theoretical approaches. In particular, we quantitatively analyzed the motion of C. elegans with defective synaptic GABA and acetylcholine transmission, defective muscle calcium signaling, and defective muscles ...
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Thymus in myasthenia gravis. Isolation of T-lymphocyte lines specific for the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor from thymuses of myasthenic patients. [PDF]

, 1988
Arthur Melms, Berthold Schalke, T Kirchner, H. K. Müller-Hermelink, E. D. Albert, Hartmut Wekerle   +5 more
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The Application of Polymeric Nanoparticles as Drug Delivery Carriers to Cells in Neurodegenerative Diseases

Cell Proliferation, EarlyView.
Polymeric nanoparticles represent promising drug (gene) delivery carriers to the brain due to their unique advantages to facilitate the penetration of blood–brain barrier and endocytosis of neuronal cells in neurodegenerative diseases. ABSTRACT In spite of great advances in modern medicine, there are a few effective strategies for the treatment of ...
Lian Jin, Libo Nie, Yan Deng, Ghulam Jilany Khana, Nongyue He   +4 more
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Trihexyphenidyl rescues the deficit in dopamine neurotransmission in a mouse model of DYT1 dystonia

Neurobiology of Disease, 2019
Trihexyphenidyl, a nonselective muscarinic receptor antagonist, is the small molecule drug of choice for the treatment of DYT1 dystonia, but it is poorly tolerated due to significant side effects.
Anthony M. Downs, Xueliang Fan, Christine Donsante, H.A. Jinnah, Ellen J. Hess   +4 more
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