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Hydrocarbon molar water solubility predicts NMDA vs. GABAA receptor modulation. [PDF]

, 2014
BackgroundMany anesthetics modulate 3-transmembrane (such as NMDA) and 4-transmembrane (such as GABAA) receptors. Clinical and experimental anesthetics exhibiting receptor family specificity often have low water solubility. We hypothesized that the molar
Brosnan, Robert J, Pham, Trung L
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Sulfonium Ligands of the α7 nAChR

Molecules, 2021
The α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) is an important target given its role in cognitive function as well as in the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway, where ligands that are effective at stabilizing desensitized states of the receptor are ...
Nicole A. Horenstein, Clare Stokes, Roger L. Papke   +2 more
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Wareniklina – częściowy agonista receptorów nikotynowych w terapii zespołu uzależnienia od alkoholu

Alcoholism and Drug Addiction, 2016
The pharmacotherapy currently used for alcohol dependence may reduce alcohol consumption and extend abstinence periods. However, it is effective in only about 30% of addicted subjects.
Natalia Obsada, Jadwiga Zalewska-Kaszubska   +1 more
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Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors containing the α7-like subunit mediate contractions of muscles responsible for space positioning of the snail, Helix pomatia L. tentacle. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Three recently discovered tentacle muscles are crucial to perform patterned movements of upper tentacles of the terrestrial snail, Helix pomatia. The muscles receive central and peripheral excitatory cholinergic innervation lacking inhibitory innervation.
Tibor Kiss, Nóra Krajcs, Zsolt Pirger, László Hernádi   +3 more
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Arachidonic Acid as a Possible Negative Feedback Inhibitor of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors on Neurons [PDF]

, 1995
Neuronal acetylcholine receptors, being highly permeable to calcium, are likely to regulate calcium-dependent events in neurons. Arachidonic acid is a membrane-permeant second messenger that can be released from membrane phospholipids by phospholipases ...
Berg, Darwin K., Blumenthal, Edward M, Huang, Bo, Vijayaraghavan, Sukumar   +3 more
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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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Alpha9 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and the treatment of pain [PDF]

, 2009
Chronic pain is a vexing worldwide problem that causes substantial disability and consumes significant medical resources. Although there are numerous analgesic medications, these work through a small set of molecular mechanisms.
Absalom, Nathan, Chebib, Mary, Elgoyhen, Ana Belen, McIntosh, J. Michael, Vincler, Michelle   +4 more
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Critical Role of CA1 Nicotinic Receptors on Memory Acquisition Deficit Under Induction of Total Sleep Deprivation and REM Sleep Deprivation

International Clinical Neuroscience Journal, 2018
Background: Sleep disorder or sleep deprivation (SD) is a common issue in today’s society. Numerous evidences show that sleep is essential for proper brain performance and cognitive processes; on the other hand, cognitive functions have a broad range ...
Bibi-Zahra Javad-Moosavi, Gholamhassan Vaezi, Mohammad Nasehi, Seyed-Ali Haeri-Rouhani, Mohammad-Reza Zarrindast   +4 more
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Polyunsaturated fatty acids inhibit a pentameric ligand-gated ion channel through one of two binding sites

eLife, 2022
Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) inhibit pentameric ligand-gated ion channels (pLGICs) but the mechanism of inhibition is not well understood. The PUFA, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), inhibits agonist responses of the pLGIC, ELIC, more effectively than ...
Noah M Dietzen, Mark J Arcario, Lawrence J Chen, John T Petroff II, K Trent Moreland, Kathiresan Krishnan, Grace Brannigan, Douglas F Covey, Wayland WL Cheng   +8 more
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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).
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