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Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and epilepsy

open access: yesPharmacological Research, 2023
Despite recent advances in understanding the causes of epilepsy, especially the genetic, comprehending the biological mechanisms that lead to the epileptic phenotype remains difficult.
Andrea Becchetti   +3 more
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Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors [PDF]

open access: yesBritish Journal of Pharmacology, 2018
This themed section of the British Journal of Pharmacology is the product of a conference that focussed on nicotinic ACh receptors (nAChRs) that was held on the Greek island of Crete from 7 to 11 May 2017. ‘Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors 2017’ was the fourth in a series of triennial international meetings that have provided a regular forum for ...
Wonnacott, S   +3 more
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Erythrina mulungu alkaloids are potent inhibitors of neuronal nicotinic receptor currents in mammalian cells. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
Crude extracts and three isolated alkaloids from Erythrina mulungu plants have shown anxiolytic effects in different animal models. We investigated whether these alkaloids could affect nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and if they are selective for ...
Pedro Setti-Perdigão   +5 more
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Discoveries and future significance of research into amyloid-beta/α7-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) interactions

open access: yesPharmacological Research, 2023
Initiated by findings that Alzheimer’s disease is associated with a profound loss of cholinergic markers in human brain, decades of studies have examined the interactions between specific subtypes of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and amyloid-β ...
Paul Whiteaker, Andrew A. George
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Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor mutations [PDF]

open access: yesEpilepsia, 2010
SummaryAutosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy (ADNFLE) is characterized by clusters of brief motor seizures. This rare syndrome is caused by mutations in at least two subunit genes of the neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR). Some of these mutations seem to increase the risk for additional neurologic symptoms.
Ortrud K. Steinlein   +2 more
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Signaling of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in mononuclear phagocytes

open access: yesPharmacological Research, 2023
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are not only expressed by the nervous system and at the neuro-muscular junction but also by mononuclear phagocytes, which belong to the innate immune system.
Katrin Richter, Veronika Grau
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Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the synganglion of the tick Ixodes ricinus: Functional characterization using membrane microtransplantation

open access: yesInternational Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance, 2020
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are an important class of excitatory receptors in the central nervous system of arthropods. In the ticks Ixodes ricinus, the functional and pharmacological properties of nicotinic receptors located in their neurons are ...
Anaïs Le Mauff   +8 more
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Interactions between the rabies virus and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: A potential role in rabies virus induced behavior modifications

open access: yesHeliyon, 2022
Rabies causes approximately 60,000 casualties annually and has a case fatality rate approaching 100% once clinical signs occur. The glycoprotein on the surface of the virion is important for the host immune response and facilitates interaction of the ...
Marianne Lian   +2 more
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Alcohol and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors [PDF]

open access: yesQScience Connect, 2013
Background The frequent co-abuse of alcohol and tobacco may suggest that they share some common neurological mechanisms. For example, nicotine acts on Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) in the brain to release dopamine to sustain addiction. Might
Jinsong Tang, Yanhui Liao
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