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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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Toxic Effect of Cigarette Smoke on Brainstem Nicotinic Receptor Expression: Primary Cause of Sudden Unexplained Perinatal Death

Toxics, 2018
Among the neurotoxicants contained in tobacco smoke, if absorbed during pregnancy, nicotine significantly affects α7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, which play essential roles in the development of the brainstem regions receiving cholinergic ...
Anna Maria Lavezzi
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Understanding of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors [PDF]

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica, 2009
Cigarette smoking is a major public health problem and has been identified as the second-most prevalent cause of death in the world. China, a country with a population of 1.3 billion, is the world's largest producer and consumer of tobacco. It estimates that there are 0.35 billion cigarette smokers in China, which bears a large proportion of the deaths
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Nicotinic potentiation of frog retinotectal transmission in tectum layer F by α3β2, α4β2, α2β4, α6β2, or α7 acetylcholine receptor subtypes

Medicina, 2015
Objective: The aim of the study was to explore the effect of semi-specific antagonists and agonists of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors on the paired-pulse facilitation and nicotinic tonic and phasic potentiation of the frog retinotectal synaptic ...
Armuntas Baginskas, Vilija Kuraitė, Antanas Kuras   +2 more
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Differential Contribution of Subunit Interfaces to α 9 α 10 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Function [PDF]

, 2017
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors can be assembled from either homomeric or heteromeric pentameric subunit combinations. At the interface of the extracellular domains of adjacent subunits lies the acetylcholine binding site, composed of a principal ...
Boffi, Juan Carlos, Bouzat, Cecilia Beatriz, Collins, Toby, Corradi, Jeremias, Craig, Patricio Oliver, Elgoyhen, Ana Belen, Gill Thind, JasKiran K., Lipovsek, Maria Marcela, Marcovich, Irina, Millar, Neil S., Moglie, Marcelo Javier, Plazas, Paola Viviana   +11 more
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Inhibition of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, a novel facet in the pleiotropic activities of snake venom phospholipases A2.

PLoS ONE, 2014
Phospholipases A2 represent the most abundant family of snake venom proteins. They manifest an array of biological activities, which is constantly expanding. We have recently shown that a protein bitanarin, isolated from the venom of the puff adder Bitis
Catherine A Vulfius, Igor E Kasheverov, Vladislav G Starkov, Alexey V Osipov, Tatyana V Andreeva, Sergey Yu Filkin, Elena V Gorbacheva, Maxim E Astashev, Victor I Tsetlin, Yuri N Utkin   +9 more
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Nicotine addiction : a review [PDF]

, 2013
Nicotine, the major psychoactive compound in tobacco, acts as a potent addictive drug in humans. The addictive nature of nicotine leads to more than 6 million deaths a year.
Di Giovanni, Giuseppe, Vella, Jacob
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Endogenous cholinergic inputs and local circuit mechanisms govern the phasic mesolimbic dopamine response to nicotine [PDF]

, 2013
Nicotine exerts its reinforcing action by stimulating nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) and boosting dopamine (DA) output from the ventral tegmental area (VTA).
A Taly, AA Grace, AJ Yu, AO Komendantov, AR Tapper, B Buisson, B Katz, Boris Gutkin, C Lüscher, C Shelley, CP Fenster, DB Carr, E Lichtenstein, E Sher, EJ Nestler, F Marti, FE Pontieri, G Di Chiara, G Di Chiara, G Di Chiara, GL Forster, HD Mansvelder, HD Mansvelder, HR Wilson, IW Jones, J Cornwall, J Grenhoff, JA Dani, Ja Dani, JB Eaton, JE Henningfield, JE Rose, JN Reynolds, JP Changeux, JP Changeux, JP Changeux, JR Clements, JR Wooltorton, K Chergui, Karl J. Friston, KG Paradiso, LE Chavez-Noriega, M Gao, M Garzón, M Graupner, M Mameli-Engvall, M Wu, MG Lacey, Michael Graupner, MJ Christie, MR Picciotto, MR Picciotto, N Champtiaux, P Dayan, PW Kalivas, R Exley, R Giniatullin, R Klink, R Nashmi, Reinoud Maex, RL Papke, S Erhardt, S Ikemoto, S Tolu, SA Oakman, SC Steffensen, SR Grady, SR Sesack, SW Johnson, SW Johnson, TC Jhou, V David, V Gerzanich, V Gerzanich, VI Pidoplichko, WA Corrigall, X Peng, ZM Fagen, ZY Tong   +78 more
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Functional Stoichiometry at the Nicotinic Receptor. The Photon Cross Section for Phase 1 Corresponds to Two Bis-Q Molecules per Channel [PDF]

, 1982
These experiments examine changes in the agonist-induced conductance that occur when the agonist-receptor complex is perturbed. Voltage-clamped Electrophorus electroplaques are exposed to the photoisomerizable agonist trans-Bis-Q A 1-µs laser flash ...
Lester, Henry A., Sheridan, Robert E.
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Intracellular mechanisms underlying the nicotinic enhancement of LTP in the rat dentate gyrus [PDF]

, 2008
We have previously shown that activation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) enhanced long-term potentiation (LTP) in the rat dentate gyrus in vitro via activation of α7 nAChR. In the present studies, mechanisms underlying the acute and chronic
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