Co-activation of Selective Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Subtypes Is Required for Neuroprotection against Alzheimer's Disease. [PDF]
Adv Sci (Weinh)ABSTRACT Beta‐amyloid peptide (Aβ)‐induced suppression of hippocampal GABAergic interneuron activity drives hyperexcitability, amyloid pathology, and cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease (AD), suggesting that enhancing hippocampal inhibition may be protective.
Lee R, Kim G, Black ER, Kim S.
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Differing time dependencies of object recognition memory impairments produced by nicotinic and muscarinic cholinergic antagonism in perirhinal cortex [PDF]
, 2011 The roles of muscarinic and nicotinic cholinergic receptors in perirhinal cortex in object recognition memory were compared. Rats' discrimination of a novel object preference test (NOP) test was measured after either systemic or local infusion into the ...
Warburton, E Clea +20 more
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Signaling of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in mononuclear phagocytes
Pharmacological Research, 2023 Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are not only expressed by the nervous system and at the neuro-muscular junction but also by mononuclear phagocytes, which belong to the innate immune system.
Katrin Richter, Veronika Grau
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Neuronal nicotinic receptors as new targets foramphetamine-induced oxidative damage and neurotoxicity [PDF]
, 2011 Amphetamine derivatives such as methamphetamine (METH) and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, ecstasy) are drugs widely abused in a recreational context.
Pubill Sánchez, David +7 more
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The Hair Cell α9α10 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor: Odd Cousin in an Old Family
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2021 Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are a subfamily of pentameric ligand-gated ion channels with members identified in most eumetazoan clades.
Marcela Lipovsek +2 more
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Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2015 Acetylcholine (ACh) release onto nicotinic receptors directly activates subsets of inhibitory interneurons in hippocampal CA1. However, the specific interneurons activated and their effect on the hippocampal network is not completely understood ...
L. Andrew Bell +2 more
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Structure-Function Studies of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Using Unnatural Amino Acids [PDF]
, 2012 This dissertation primarily describes structure-function studies of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). These studies use a combination of unnatural amino acid mutagenesis and electrophysiology to determine the specific molecular interactions
Puskar, Nyssa Leigh
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Nicotine inhibits memory CTL programming. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Nicotine is the main tobacco component responsible for tobacco addiction and is used extensively in smoking and smoking cessation therapies. However, little is known about its effects on the immune system.
Zhifeng Sun +5 more
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Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and epilepsy
Pharmacological Research, 2023 Despite recent advances in understanding the causes of epilepsy, especially the genetic, comprehending the biological mechanisms that lead to the epileptic phenotype remains difficult.
Andrea Becchetti +3 more
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Ingestion of A Common Plant’s Leaves Leads to Acute Respiratory Arrest and Paralysis: A Case Report
Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 2020 Background: Nicotiana glauca is a plant known to cause acute toxicity upon ingestion or dermal exposure due to the nicotinic alkaloid, anabasine. Nicotinic alkaloids cause toxicity by acting as agonists on nicotinic-type acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs).
Breelan M. Kear +4 more
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