News tagged with nicotinic acetylcholine receptor
Genes: An extra hurdle to quitting smoking during pregnancy?
May 15, 2009 |
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Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School and the University of Bristol, using data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children and the Exeter Family Study of Childhood Health, have identified a common genetic ...
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Barrow researchers identify new brain receptor, possible target for Alzheimer's treatment
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 16, 2009 |
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Barrow Neurological Institute researchers have identified a novel receptor in the brain that is extremely sensitive to beta-amyloid peptide (AB) and may play a key role in early stages of Alzheimer's disease.
Nicotine may have more profound impact than previously thought
Apr 03, 2009 |
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Nicotine isn't just addictive. It may also interfere with dozens of cellular interactions in the body, new Brown University research suggests.
Scientists engineer supersensitive receptor, gain better understanding of dopamine system
Oct 14, 2008 |
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Genetically modifying a receptor found on the neurons that produce the neurotransmitter dopamine has given California Institute of Technology (Caltech) researchers a unique glimpse into the workings of the brain's dopamine ...
Nicotinic receptors may be important targets for treatment of multiple addictions
Aug 15, 2007 |
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For years, scientists have known that some people are biologically more susceptible to drug addiction than others, but they have only been able to speculate why.
Researchers find link between nicotine addiction and autism
Nov 17, 2008 |
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Scientists have identified a relationship between two proteins in the brain that has links to both nicotine addiction and autism. The finding has led to speculation that existing drugs used to curb nicotine addiction might ...
Researchers 'see' structure of open nicotinic acetylcholine ion channels
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Apr 07, 2008 |
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The neurotransmitter acetylcholine is an essential chemical communicator, carrying impulses from neurons to skeletal muscle cells and many parts of the nervous system. Now researchers at the University of Illinois have painstakingly ...
Developmental delay could stem from nicotinic receptor deletion
Nov 08, 2009 |
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The loss of a gene through deletion of genetic material on chromosome 15 is associated with significant abnormalities in learning and behavior, said a consortium of researchers led by Baylor College of Medicine in a report ...
The APCs of nerve cell function
Jun 16, 2008 |
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Rapid information processing in the nervous system requires synapses, specialized contact sites between nerve cells and their targets. One particular synapse type, cholinergic, uses the chemical transmitter acetylcholine ...
Researchers find tiny genetic change keeps nicotine from binding to muscle cells
Mar 23, 2009 |
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A tiny genetic mutation is the key to understanding why nicotine--which binds to brain receptors with such addictive potency--is virtually powerless in muscle cells that are studded with the same type of receptor. ...
Biophysicists create new model for protein-cholesterol interactions in brain and muscle tissue
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Sep 26, 2008 |
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Biophysicists at the University of Pennsylvania have used 3,200 computer processors and long-established data on cholesterol's role in the function of proteins to clarify the mysterious interaction between ...
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