Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Agonists for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Dementia: An Update.
Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 2018 A significant portion of the clinical phenotype observed in Alzheimer's disease (AD) occurs through nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). Degeneration of cholinergic neurons, combined with aberrant nAChR expression and activation partially through ...
Justin L Hoskin +2 more
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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 ...
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Advances in small molecule selective ligands for heteromeric nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
Pharmacological Research, 2023 The study of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) has significantly progressed in the last decade, due to a) the improved techniques available for structural studies; b) the identification of ligands interacting at orthosteric and allosteric ...
Carlo Matera +3 more
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Neonicotinoids disrupt memory, circadian behaviour and sleep
Scientific Reports, 2021 Globally, neonicotinoids are the most used insecticides, despite their well-documented sub-lethal effects on beneficial insects. Neonicotinoids are nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonists.
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021 Background: Schizophrenia is a severe and enduring disease and is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide. Cognitive impairment is a core clinical symptom that plays a crucial role in functional outcomes and prognosis, thus making it a relevant
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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.
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Expression and function of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in stem cells
AIMS Bioengineering, 2016 Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are prototypical ligand gated ion channels typically found in muscular and neuronal tissues. Functional nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, however, have also recently been identified on other cell types, including stem ...
Herman S. Cheung +2 more
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Regions of beta 2 and beta 4 responsible for differences between the steady state dose-response relationships of the alpha 3 beta 2 and alpha 3 beta 4 neuronal nicotinic receptors [PDF]
, 1995 We constructed chimeras of the rat beta 2 and beta 4 neuronal nicotinic subunits to locate the regions that contribute to differences between the acetylcholine (ACh) dose-response relationships of the alpha 3 beta 2 and alpha 3 beta 4 receptors ...
Cohen, B. N. +5 more
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A intrigante bioquímica da niacina: uma revisão crítica
Química Nova, 2011 Niacin (nicotinamide, nicotinic acid) interferes on homeostasis, DNA regulation, signaling and longevity. Nicotinic acid reduces synthesis of lipoproteins-apo-B and increases HDL.
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α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonist attenuates lipopolysaccharide-induced acute kidney injury in mice by reducing CCL2 expression in macrophages. [PDF]
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