Imaging Cholinergic Receptors in the Brain by Positron Emission Tomography

JJ Zhang, H Fu, R Lin, J Zhou, A Haider… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cholinergic receptors represent a promising class of diagnostic and therapeutic targets due
to their significant involvement in cognitive decline associated with neurological disorders …

Emerging drugs for the treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

M Pozzi, S Bertella, E Gatti, GGAM Peeters… - Expert Opinion on …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental
disorder affecting up to 5.3% of children and 2.5% of adults depending on the country …

Atomic interactions of neonicotinoid agonists with AChBP: molecular recognition of the distinctive electronegative pharmacophore

TT Talley, M Harel, RE Hibbs, Z Radić… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
Acetylcholine-binding proteins (AChBPs) from mollusks are suitable structural and functional
surrogates of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors when combined with transmembrane …

Neuronal nicotinic receptor agonists for the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: focus on cognition

TE Wilens, MW Decker - Biochemical pharmacology, 2007 - Elsevier
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most commonly diagnosed
neurobehavioral disorder in children and adolescents, and in about half of these patients …

Central nicotinic receptors: structure, function, ligands, and therapeutic potential

MN Romanelli, P Gratteri, L Guandalini… - ChemMedChem …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The growing interest in nicotinic receptors, because of their wide expression in neuronal and
non‐neuronal tissues and their involvement in several important CNS pathologies, has …

Additional acetylcholine (ACh) binding site at α4/α4 interface of (α4β2) 2α4 nicotinic receptor influences agonist sensitivity

S Mazzaferro, N Benallegue, A Carbone… - Journal of Biological …, 2011 - ASBMB
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) α4 and β2 subunits assemble in two alternate
stoichiometries to produce (α4β2) 2 α4 and (α4β2) 2 β2, which display different agonist …

Microglia-neuron interaction in inflammatory and degenerative diseases: role of cholinergic and noradrenergic systems

L Minghetti, D Carnevale… - CNS & Neurological …, 2007 - ingentaconnect.com
Reciprocal interactions between glia and neurons are essential for many critical functions in
brain health and disease. Microglial cells, the brain resident macrophages, and astrocytes …

The muscarinic system, cognition and schizophrenia

SP Carruthers, CT Gurvich, SL Rossell - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2015 - Elsevier
An increasing body of evidence has implicated the central muscarinic system as contributing
to a number of symptoms of schizophrenia and serving as a potential target for …

Structure–activity relationships of alanine scan mutants αO-conotoxins GeXIVA [1, 2] and GeXIVA [1, 4]

P Xu, P Zhang, X Zhu, Y Wu, PJ Harvey… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
αO-Conotoxin GeXIVA is a selective α9α10 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR)
inhibitor displaying two disulfide bonds that can form three isomers. The bead (GeXIVA [1 …

Choline and nicotine increase glioblastoma cell proliferation by binding and activating α7-and α9-containing nicotinic receptors

S Pucci, F Fasoli, M Moretti, R Benfante… - Pharmacological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Glioblastomas (GBMs), the most frequent and aggressive human primary brain tumours,
have altered cell metabolism, and one of the strongest indicators of malignancy is an …