Neuronal and extraneuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

M Zoli, S Pucci, A Vilella, C Gotti - Current neuropharmacology, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) belong to a super-family of Cysloop
ligand-gated ion channels that respond to endogenous acetylcholine (ACh) or other …

[PDF][PDF] Allosteric modulation as a unifying mechanism for receptor function and regulation

JP Changeux, A Christopoulos - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Four major receptor families enable cells to respond to chemical and physical signals from
their proximal environment. The ligand-and voltage-gated ion channels, G-protein-coupled …

Role of molecular dynamics and related methods in drug discovery

M De Vivo, M Masetti, G Bottegoni… - Journal of medicinal …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Molecular dynamics (MD) and related methods are close to becoming routine computational
tools for drug discovery. Their main advantage is in explicitly treating structural flexibility and …

Understanding the bases of function and modulation of α7 nicotinic receptors: implications for drug discovery

J Corradi, C Bouzat - Molecular pharmacology, 2016 - ASPET
The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) belongs to a superfamily of pentameric ligand-
gated ion channels involved in many physiologic and pathologic processes. Among …

Recent advances in the discovery of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor allosteric modulators

D Manetti, S Dei, HR Arias, L Braconi, A Gabellini… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Positive allosteric modulators (PAMs), negative allosteric modulators (NAMs), silent
agonists, allosteric activating PAMs and neutral or silent allosteric modulators are …

Neuropharmacological and cognitive effects of Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettst–A review on its mechanistic aspects

NP Sukumaran, A Amalraj, S Gopi - Complementary therapies in medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Bacopa monnieri (L.)–(BM) is a perennial, creeping herb which is widely used in
traditional ayurvedic medicine as a neural tonic to improve intelligence and memory …

Fine tuning muscarinic acetylcholine receptor signaling through allostery and bias

ET Van der Westhuizen, KHC Choy, C Valant… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The M1 and M4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs) are highly pursued drug
targets for neurological diseases, in particular for Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia …

Molecular function of α7 nicotinic receptors as drug targets

C Bouzat, M Lasala, BE Nielsen… - The Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are pentameric ligand‐gated ion channels
involved in many physiological and pathological processes. In vertebrates, there are …

[HTML][HTML] Potentiation and allosteric agonist activation of α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: binding sites and hypotheses

VR Sanders, NS Millar - Pharmacological Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Considerable progress has been made in recent years towards the identification and
characterisation of novel subtype-selective modulators of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors …

Diagnostics and treatment of nerve agent poisoning—current status and future developments

N Amend, KV Niessen, T Seeger, T Wille… - Annals of the New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Although 193 states have committed to the Chemical Weapons Convention and 98% of the
declared chemical weapons stockpiles have been destroyed so far, nerve agent poisoning …