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Alcohol and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors [PDF]

QScience Connect, 2013
Background The frequent co-abuse of alcohol and tobacco may suggest that they share some common neurological mechanisms. For example, nicotine acts on Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) in the brain to release dopamine to sustain addiction. Might
Jinsong Tang, Yanhui Liao
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Structural interplay of anesthetics and paralytics on muscle nicotinic receptors

Nature Communications, 2023
General anesthetics and neuromuscular blockers are used together during surgery to stabilize patients in an unconscious state. Anesthetics act mainly by potentiating inhibitory ion channels and inhibiting excitatory ion channels, with the net effect of ...
Umang Goswami, Md Mahfuzur Rahman, Jinfeng Teng, Ryan E. Hibbs   +3 more
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Heterogenous Cholinergic Nicotinic Receptors in the CNS

, 1988
Multiple nicotinic binding sites are found in mammalian brain. Several nicotinic agonists and antagonists have been used to characterize the nicotinic binding sites.
Nilsson, L, Abdu Adem, Luciana Romanelli, Nordberg, A, Lena Nilsson, Adem, A, Xiao Zhang, Zhang, X, Agneta Nordberg, Romanelli, L   +9 more
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Single-Molecule Studies of Ion Channels Expressing Unnatural Amino Acids [PDF]

, 2011
The nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are pentameric ligand-gated ion channels that mediate fast synaptic transmission in the brain and peripheral nervous system.
Shanata, Jai Anand Pattur
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TLR2 and TLR4 Modulate Mouse Ileal Motility by the Interaction with Muscarinic and Nicotinic Receptors

Cells, 2022
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic functional bowel disorder characterized by intestinal dysmotility. Changes in intestinal microbiota (dysbiosis) can lead to alterations in neuro-muscular functions in the gut. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) 2 and 4
Elena Layunta, Raquel Forcén, Laura Grasa   +2 more
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Loop B is a major structural component of the 5-HT3 receptor [PDF]

, 2008
The 5-HT3 receptor belongs to a family of therapeutically important neurotransmitter-gated receptors whose ligand binding sites are formed by the convergence of six peptide loops (A-F).
Thompson, Andrew J., Thompson, A.J., M. Lochner, Lummis, S. C. R., Lummis, S.C.R., S. C. R. Lummis, Lochner, M., A. J. Thompson, Lochner, Martin, Thompson, Andrew James   +9 more
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Neuronal nicotinic receptors as new targets foramphetamine-induced oxidative damage and neurotoxicity

, 2011
Amphetamine derivatives such as methamphetamine (METH) and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, ecstasy) are drugs widely abused in a recreational context.
Pubill Sánchez, David, Camarasa García, Jordi, Elena Escubedo, Sara Garcia-Ratés, David Pubill, Garcia Ratés, Sara, Escubedo Rafa, Elena, Jordi Camarasa   +7 more
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Identification of a domain which affects kinetics and antagonistic potency of clozapine at 5-HT3 receptors. [PDF]

, 2009
The widely used atypical antipsychotic clozapine is a potent competitive antagonist at 5-HT(3) receptors which may contribute to its unique psychopharmacological profile. Clozapine binds to 5-HT(3) receptors of various species.
Gerhard Rammes, Caroline Nothdurfter, Tanasic, S., Rammes, G., Rupprecht, R., Eisensamer, Brigitte, Zieglgänsberger Walter, Christine Hosp, Tanasic, Sascha, Hosp Christine, Walter Zieglgänsberger, Rupprecht Rainer, Rammes, Gerhard, Sascha Tanasic, Hosp, C., Rammes Gerhard, Nothdurfter, C., Tanasic Sascha, Rupprecht, Rainer, Nothdurfter Caroline, Brigitte Eisensamer, Eisensamer, B., Zieglgänsberger, Walter, Zieglgänsberger, W., Hosp, Christine, Rainer Rupprecht, Nothdurfter, Caroline, Eisensamer Brigitte   +27 more
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DNA methylation and expression of MAPRE3 affect overall survival of early‐stage non‐small cell lung cancer patients

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Both cg12821679MAPRE3 methylation and MAPRE3 expression are significantly associated with overall survival (OS) of non‐small cell lung cancer. Meanwhile, MAPRE3 expression significantly modified the effect of smoking cessation on OS. Smoking cessation benefits OS merely for patients with high MAPRE3 expression.
Chao Chen, Jiancheng Cheng, Ruili Hou, Xiaoyuan Zheng, Li Su, Maria Moksnes Bjaanæs, Anna Karlsson, Maria Planck, Johan Staaf, Åslaug Helland, Manel Esteller, David C. Christiani, Feng Chen, Xiaofei Cao, Ruyang Zhang   +14 more
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Unique nicotinic responses are present in distinct subtypes of mouse medial prefrontal layer V pyramidal neurons

Scientific Reports
The neurotransmitter acetylcholine supports goal-directed cognitive functions via activation of its nicotinic and muscarinic classes of receptors within the prefrontal cortex.
Ashutosh V. Patel, Anthony Nguyen, Ashley A. Geremia, Donia Zeng, Pietro Paletta, Elena Choleris, Craig D. C. Bailey   +6 more
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