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Neuronal and Extraneuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors
Current Neuropharmacology, 2018 Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) belong to a super-family of Cys-loop ligand-gated ion chan-nels that respond to endogenous acetylcholine (ACh) or other cholinergic ligands.
Cecilia Gotti +2 more
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Variants in nicotinic receptors and risk for nicotine dependence. [PDF]
American Journal of Psychiatry, 2008 A recent study provisionally identified numerous genetic variants as risk factors for the transition from smoking to the development of nicotine dependence, including an amino acid change in the alpha5 nicotinic cholinergic receptor (CHRNA5). The purpose of this study was to replicate these findings in an independent data set and more thoroughly ...
L. Bierut +32 more
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Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in pain modulation [PDF]
Frontiers in PharmacologyChronic pain is widely recognized as a major global health problem that affects approximately one-fifth of the adult population and is associated with significant physical, psychological, and socioeconomic burden.
Junya Cheng, Junliang Chang, Shuai Li
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Heliyon, 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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Erythrina mulungu alkaloids are potent inhibitors of neuronal nicotinic receptor currents in mammalian cells. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Crude extracts and three isolated alkaloids from Erythrina mulungu plants have shown anxiolytic effects in different animal models. We investigated whether these alkaloids could affect nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and if they are selective for ...
Pedro Setti-Perdigão +5 more
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Biomedicines, 2022 In recent years, the inhibition of beta-amyloid (Aβ) aggregation has emerged as a potential strategy for Alzheimer’s disease. KLVFF, a small peptide corresponding to the aminoacidic sequence 16-20 of Aβ, reduces Aβ fibrillation dose dependently ...
Hanna Trebesova +3 more
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Mechanosensitivity of nicotinic receptors [PDF]
Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology, 2012 Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are heteropentameric ligand-gated ion channels that mediate excitatory neurotransmission at the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) and other peripheral and central synapses. At the NMJ, acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) are constantly exposed to mechanical stress resulting from muscle contraction.
Pan, N. Clara +2 more
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Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors and Nicotine Addiction: A Brief Introduction
Neuropharmacology, 2020 Nicotine is a highly addictive drug found in tobacco that drives its continued use despite the harmful consequences. The initiation of nicotine abuse involves the mesolimbic dopamine system, which contributes to the rewarding sensory stimuli and ...
Ruthie E. Wittenberg +3 more
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Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors [PDF]
British Journal of Pharmacology, 2018 This themed section of the British Journal of Pharmacology is the product of a conference that focussed on nicotinic ACh receptors (nAChRs) that was held on the Greek island of Crete from 7 to 11 May 2017. ‘Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors 2017’ was the fourth in a series of triennial international meetings that have provided a regular forum for ...
Wonnacott, S +3 more
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