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Distribution of α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Subunit mRNA in the Developing Mouse. [PDF]

, 2019
Homomeric α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are abundantly expressed in the central and peripheral nervous system (CNS and PNS, respectively), and spinal cord.
Broide, Ron S, Chen, Yling, Leslie, Frances M, Winzer-Serhan, Ursula H   +3 more
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The MX-Helix of Muscle nAChR Subunits Regulates Receptor Assembly and Surface Trafficking. [PDF]

, 2020
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) are pentameric channels that mediate fast transmission at the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) and defects in receptor expression underlie neuromuscular disorders such as myasthenia gravis and congenital myasthenic ...
Borges, Lucia Soares, Ferns, Michael, Rudell, Jolene Chang, Yarov-Yarovoy, Vladimir   +3 more
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Characterisation of nicotine receptors on human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) [PDF]

, 2009
“The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com”. Copyright Springer. DOI: 10.1007/s00011-008-8171-xAim and objective: The aim of the work was to characterise the nAChRs on human PBMC.
Parsons, M., Whelan, C.J., Wongsriraksa, A.   +2 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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New insight into the tick neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: from molecular to pharmacological studies

Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases
ACh is known to be an excitatory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system of several arthropod species. Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are involved in rapid neurotransmission and are the target of compounds used as acaricides.
Khalid Boussaine, Philippine Chartier, Alison Cartereau, Daniel Auguin, Emiliane Taillebois, Steeve H. Thany   +5 more
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Lynx Prototoxins: Roles of Endogenous Mammalian Neurotoxin-Like Proteins in Modulating Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Function to Influence Complex Biological Processes

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2019
The cholinergic system modulates many biological functions, due to the widespread distribution of cholinergic neuronal terminals, and the diffuse release of its neurotransmitter, acetylcholine.
Julie M. Miwa, Kristin R. Anderson, Katie M. Hoffman   +2 more
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Nicotine strongly activates dendritic cell-mediated adaptive immunity - potential role for progression of atherosclerotic lesions [PDF]

, 2003
Background - Antigen-presenting cells (APCs) such as monocytes and dendritic cells (DCs) stimulate T-cell proliferation and activation in the course of adaptive immunity.
Aicher, A, Cooke, JP, Dimmeler, S, Heeschen, C, Mohaupt, M, Zeiher, AM   +5 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 ...
Laura Jean, Bierut, Jerry A, Stitzel, Jen C, Wang, Anthony L, Hinrichs, Richard A, Grucza, Xiaoling, Xuei, Nancy L, Saccone, Scott F, Saccone, Sarah, Bertelsen, Louis, Fox, William J, Horton, Naomi, Breslau, John, Budde, C Robert, Cloninger, Danielle M, Dick, Tatiana, Foroud, Dorothy, Hatsukami, Victor, Hesselbrock, Eric O, Johnson, John, Kramer, Samuel, Kuperman, Pamela A F, Madden, Kevin, Mayo, John, Nurnberger, Ovide, Pomerleau, Bernice, Porjesz, Oliver, Reyes, Marc, Schuckit, Gary, Swan, Jay A, Tischfield, Howard J, Edenberg, John P, Rice, Alison M, Goate   +32 more
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Cholinergic Modulation of Locomotion and Striatal Dopamine Release Is Mediated by α6α4* Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors [PDF]

, 2010
Dopamine (DA) release in striatum is governed by firing rates of midbrain DA neurons, striatal cholinergic tone, and nicotinic ACh receptors (nAChRs) on DA presynaptic terminals.
Drenan, Ryan M., Grady, Sharon R., Lester, Henry A., Marks, Michael J., McIntosh, J. Michael, McKinney, Sheri, Miwa, Julie M., Patzlaff, Natalie E., Steele, Andrew D.   +8 more
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Dopamine D_2-receptor activation elicits akinesia, rigidity, catalepsy, and tremor in mice expressing hypersensitive 4 nicotinic receptors via a cholinergic-dependent mechanism [PDF]

, 2010
Recent studies suggest that high-affinity neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) containing α4 and β2 subunits (α4β2*) functionally interact with G-protein-coupled dopamine (DA) D_2 receptors in basal ganglia.
Andrew R. Tapper, Bruce N. Cohen, Coward D. M., Franklin K. B. J., Henry A. Lester, Herwig Just, Janssen P. A., Lester H. A., Mercuri N. B., Outi Salminen, Paul D. Gardner, Paul Whiteaker, Raz A., Rubing Zhao-Shea, Salminen O., Sharon R. Grady, Sotnikova T. D., Tapper A. R., Tristan McClure-Begley   +18 more
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