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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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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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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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Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor mutations [PDF]

Epilepsia, 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, Sunao Kaneko, Shinichi Hirose   +2 more
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Venom-Derived Neurotoxins Targeting Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors

Molecules, 2021
Acetylcholine was the first neurotransmitter described. The receptors targeted by acetylcholine are found within organisms spanning different phyla and position themselves as very attractive targets for predation, as well as for defense. Venoms of snakes
Ayaulym Bekbossynova, Albina Zharylgap, Olena Filchakova   +2 more
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Pharmacological receptors of nematoda as target points for action of antiparasitic drugs [PDF]

Veterinarski Glasnik, 2010
Cholinergic receptors of parasitic nematodes are one of the most important possible sites of action of antiparasitic drugs. This paper presents some of our own results of electrophysiological and pharamcological examinations of nicotinic and muscarinic ...
Trailović Saša M., Ivanović Saša R., Trailović-Nedeljković Jelena, Robertson Alan P.   +3 more
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Systemic injection of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist mecamylamine affects licking, eyelid size, and locomotor and autonomic activities but not temporal prediction in male mice

Molecular Brain, 2022
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are thought to be associated with a wide range of phenomena, such as movement, learning, memory, attention, and addiction. However, the causal relationship between nicotinic receptor activity and behavior remains unclear.
Shohei Kaneko, Yasuyuki Niki, Kota Yamada, Daiki Nasukawa, Yusuke Ujihara, Koji Toda   +5 more
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Characterization of nAChRs in Nematostella vectensis supports neuronal and non-neuronal roles in the cnidarian–bilaterian common ancestor

EvoDevo, 2019
Background Nicotinic and muscarinic acetylcholine receptors likely evolved in the cnidarian–bilaterian common ancestor. Both receptor families are best known for their role at chemical synapses in bilaterian animals, but they also have described roles as
Dylan Z. Faltine-Gonzalez, Michael J. Layden   +1 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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Embedded Cholesterol in the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor [PDF]

Biophysical Journal, 2008
The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) is a cation-selective channel central to both neuronal and muscular processes and is considered the prototype for ligand-gated ion channels, motivating a structural determination effort that spanned several decades [Unwin N (2005) Refined structure of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor
Brannigan, Grace, Henin, Jerome, Law, Richard, Eckenhoff, Roderic, Klein, Michael L.   +4 more
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