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Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and epilepsy

Pharmacological 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, Laura Clara Grandi, Marta Cerina, Alida Amadeo   +3 more
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Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in pain modulation [PDF]

Frontiers in Pharmacology
Chronic pain is widely recognized as a major global health problem that affects approximately one-fifth of the adult population and is associated with significant physical, psychological, and socioeconomic burden.
Junya Cheng, Junliang Chang, Shuai Li
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Neuronal and Extraneuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors [PDF]

Current Neuropharmacology, 2018
Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) belong to a super-family of Cysloop ligand-gated ion channels that respond to endogenous acetylcholine (ACh) or other cholinergic ligands. These receptors are also the targets of drugs such as nicotine (the main addictive agent delivered by cigarette smoke) and are involved in a variety of ...
Cecilia Gotti, Michele Zoli, Antonietta Vilella   +2 more
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Autoimmunity to neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Pharmacological Research, 2023
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are widely expressed in many and diverse cell types, participating in various functions of cells, tissues and systems.
Maria Pechlivanidou, Elpinickie Ninou, Katerina Karagiorgou, Aikaterini Tsantila, Renato Mantegazza, Andreetta Francesca, Raffaello Furlan, Leon Dudeck, Johann Steiner, John Tzartos, Socrates Tzartos   +10 more
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Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in the Respiratory Tract

Molecules, 2021
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR) are widely distributed in neuronal and non-neuronal tissues, where they play diverse physiological roles. In this review, we highlight the recent findings regarding the role of nAChR in the respiratory tract with
Monika I. Hollenhorst, Gabriela Krasteva-Christ   +1 more
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Impulsive Behavior and Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2012
Higher impulsivity is thought to be a risk factor for drug addiction, criminal involvement, and suicide. Excessive levels of impulsivity are often observed in several psychiatric disorders including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and ...
Yu Ohmura, Iku Tsutsui-Kimura, Mitsuhiro Yoshioka   +2 more
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Functions and pharmacology of α2β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors; in and out of the shadow of α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. [PDF]

Biochem Pharmacol
Although α2 was the first neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) receptor subunit to be cloned, due to its low level of expression in rodent brain, its study has largely been neglected. This study provides a comparison of the α2 and α4 structures and their functional similarities, especially in regard to the existence of low and high ...
Papke RL.
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Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors [PDF]

British 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, Bermudez, I, Millar, NS, Tzartos, SJ   +3 more
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Erythrina mulungu alkaloids are potent inhibitors of neuronal nicotinic receptor currents in mammalian cells. [PDF]

PLoS 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, Maria A R Serrano, Otávio A Flausino, Vanderlan S Bolzani, Marília Z P Guimarães, Newton G Castro   +5 more
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Palmitoylation of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors [PDF]

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 2009
It is well established that nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) undergo a number of different posttranslational modifications, such as disulfide bond formation, glycosylation, and phosphorylation. Recently, our laboratory has developed more sensitive assays of protein palmitoylation that have allowed us and others to detect the palmitoylation of
J K, Alexander, A P, Govind, R C, Drisdel, M P, Blanton, Y, Vallejo, T T, Lam, W N, Green   +6 more
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