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The Hair Cell α9α10 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor: Odd Cousin in an Old Family

open access: yesFrontiers 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
doaj   +1 more source

New Insights on Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors as Targets for Pain and Inflammation: A Focus on α7 nAChRs

open access: yesCurrent Neuropharmacology, 2018
Background Nicotine and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) have been explored for the past three decades as targets for pain control. The aim of this review is to introduce readers particularly to α7 nAChRs in a perspective of pain and its ...
D. Bagdas   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Acetylcholine release in mouse hippocampal CA1 preferentially activates inhibitory-selective interneurons via alpha4 beta2* nicotinic receptor activation

open access: yesFrontiers 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
doaj   +1 more source

NICOTINIC RECEPTORS IN NEUROPSYCHIATRIC PATHOLOGIES OF ADULTHOOD AND DEVELOPMENTAL AGE. [PDF]

open access: yesEuromediterranean Biomedical Journal, 2013
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are ligand-gated ion channels present in many regions of the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system.
Elettra Unti
doaj   +1 more source

Alpha7 Nicotinic Receptors as Therapeutic Targets in Schizophrenia.

open access: yesNicotine & Tobacco Research, 2018
While current treatments for schizophrenia often provide much relief for positive symptoms such as hallucinations, other symptoms, particularly cognitive deficits, persist and contribute to substantial suffering and reduced quality of life for patients ...
J. Tregellas, Korey P. Wylie
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Ingestion of A Common Plant’s Leaves Leads to Acute Respiratory Arrest and Paralysis: A Case Report

open access: yesClinical 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
doaj   +1 more source

Nicotine inhibits memory CTL programming. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS 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
doaj   +1 more source

Nicotinic acid receptor abnormalities in human skin cancer: implications for a role in epidermal differentiation. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2011
Chronic UV skin exposure leads to epidermal differentiation defects in humans that can be largely restored by pharmacological doses of nicotinic acid. Nicotinic acid has been identified as a ligand for the human G-protein-coupled receptors GPR109A and ...
Yira Bermudez   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

α9-Containing Nicotinic Receptors in Cancer

open access: yesFrontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2022
Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors containing the α9 or the α9 and α10 subunits are expressed in various extra-neuronal tissues. Moreover, most cancer cells and tissues highly express α9-containing receptors, and a number of studies have shown ...
Susanna Pucci   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nicotine and nicotinic receptors in the circadian system

open access: yesPsychoneuroendocrinology, 1998
Considerable data support a role for cholinergic influences on the circadian system. The extent to which these influences are mediated by nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) has been controversial, as have the specific actions of nicotine and acetylcholine in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the hypothalamus.
Thomas S. Kilduff   +6 more
openaire   +3 more sources

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