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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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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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Neuregulin upregulates microglial α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor expression in immortalized cell lines: implications for regulating neuroinflammation. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
Neuregulin, previously known as ARIA, is a signaling protein involved in cell survival, synaptic plasticity, cell communication and differentiation. Neuregulin has also been described as a potent inducer of acetylcholine receptor transcription in muscle ...
Malwina Mencel   +2 more
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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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NICOTINIC RECEPTORS IN NEUROPSYCHIATRIC PATHOLOGIES OF ADULTHOOD AND DEVELOPMENTAL AGE. [PDF]

open access: yesEuromediterranean Biomedical Journal, 2013
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are ligand-gated ion channels present in many regions of the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system.
Elettra Unti
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Pharmacological receptors of nematoda as target points for action of antiparasitic drugs [PDF]

open access: yesVeterinarski 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.   +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

open access: yesMolecular 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   +5 more
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