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Basic and Clinical Aspects of Non-neuronal Acetylcholine: Expression of Non-neuronal Acetylcholine in Lung Cancer Provides a New Target for Cancer

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2008
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide and new treatment strategies are clearly needed. The recent discovery that lung and other cancers synthesize and secrete acetylcholine (ACh) which acts as an autocrine growth factor suggests that
Therapy Pingfang Song, Eliot R. Spindel
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Recombinant glycine receptors: stoichiometry and kinetics [PDF]

, 2009
Glycine receptors (GlyR) are anion-permeable channels that belong to the pentameric ligand-gated ion channel family. Different GlyR subtypes are known. The main synaptic form is thought to be α1β heteropentamers which mediate fast synaptic inhibition in ...
Krashia, P.
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Identification of a domain which affects kinetics and antagonistic potency of clozapine at 5-HT3 receptors. [PDF]

, 2009
The widely used atypical antipsychotic clozapine is a potent competitive antagonist at 5-HT(3) receptors which may contribute to its unique psychopharmacological profile. Clozapine binds to 5-HT(3) receptors of various species.
Gerhard Rammes, Caroline Nothdurfter, Tanasic, S., Rammes, G., Rupprecht, R., Eisensamer, Brigitte, Zieglgänsberger Walter, Christine Hosp, Tanasic, Sascha, Hosp Christine, Walter Zieglgänsberger, Rupprecht Rainer, Rammes, Gerhard, Sascha Tanasic, Hosp, C., Rammes Gerhard, Nothdurfter, C., Tanasic Sascha, Rupprecht, Rainer, Nothdurfter Caroline, Brigitte Eisensamer, Eisensamer, B., Zieglgänsberger, Walter, Zieglgänsberger, W., Hosp, Christine, Rainer Rupprecht, Nothdurfter, Caroline, Eisensamer Brigitte   +27 more
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Pharmacological studies on acetylcholine and other transmitter receptors from invertebrate muscle and central neurones

, 1988
Muscle tension recordings were made from earthworm body wall muscle and the action of acetylcholine, cholinomimtics and cholinolytics examined. The effect of cholinergic agents on muscle twitches induced following field stimulation was also investigated.
Hassoni, Abdul-Nabi Atya, Hassoni, A.A
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Cell-surface translational dynamics of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience, 2014
Synapse efficacy heavily relies on the number of neurotransmitter receptors available at a given time. In addition to the equilibrium between the biosynthetic production, exocytic delivery and recycling of receptors on the one hand, and the endocytic ...
Francisco J Barrantes
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Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors are Possible Therapeutic Targets for Schizophrenia [PDF]

, 2010
The rate of smoking in patients with schizophrenia is higher than that in the general population. Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR) are involved in the sensorimotor gating deficits in schizophrenia.
川崎, 博己, 荒木, 博陽, 45288, 45289, 鴻海, 俊太郎, 町支, 臣成, 45291, 末丸, 克矢, 45290, 日比野, 俐, 45293, 45292   +11 more
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Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors mediate lung cancer growth

Frontiers in Physiology, 2013
Ion channels modulate ion flux across cell membranes, activate signal transduction pathways, and influence cellular transport – vital biological functions that are inexorably linked to cellular processes that go awry during carcinogenesis.
Ma. Reina eImprogo, Lindsey G Soll, Andrew R Tapper, Paul D Gardner   +3 more
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Severe drug-induced repetitive behaviors and striatal overexpression of VAChT in ChAT-ChR2-EYFP BAC transgenic mice

Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 2014
In drug users, drug-related cues alone can induce dopamine release in the dorsal striatum. Instructive cues activate inputs to the striatum from both dopaminergic and cholinergic neurons, which are thought to work together to support motor learning and ...
Jill R Crittenden, Carolyn J Lacey, Tyrone eLee, Hilary A Bowden, Ann M Graybiel   +4 more
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Nicotinic Receptor Activity Alters Synaptic Plasticity

The Scientific World Journal, 2001
Studies using specific agonists, antagonists, and lesions have shown that nicotinic cholinergic systems participate in attention, learning, and memory[1,2].
John A. Dani
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Cholinergic modulation of the medial prefrontal cortex: the role of nicotinic receptors in attention and regulation of neuronal activity

Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 2014
Acetylcholine release in the medial prefrontal cortex is (mPFC) crucial for normal cognitive performance. Despite the fact that many have studied how acetylcholine affects neuronal processing in the mPFC and thereby influences attention behavior, there ...
Bernard eBloem, Rogier Bernard Poorthuis, Huibert Daniel Mansvelder   +2 more
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