Diversity of vertebrate nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

NS Millar, C Gotti - Neuropharmacology, 2009 - Elsevier
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are pentameric neurotransmitter receptors. They
are members of the Cys-loop family of ligand-gated ion channels which also include …

Diversity of native nicotinic receptor subtypes in mammalian brain

M Zoli, F Pistillo, C Gotti - Neuropharmacology, 2015 - Elsevier
Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are a heterogeneous family of
pentameric ligand-gated cation channels that are expressed throughout the brain and …

Assembly and subunit diversity of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

NS Millar - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2003 - portlandpress.com
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are a diverse family of neurotransmitter-gated
ion channels which contain five transmembrane subunits arranged around a central pore …

Assembly and trafficking of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

NS Millar, PC Harkness - Molecular membrane biology, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are members of an extensive super-family of
neurotransmitter-gated ion channels. In humans, nAChRs are expressed within the nervous …

[HTML][HTML] Mammalian nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: from structure to function

EX Albuquerque, EFR Pereira… - Physiological …, 2009 - journals.physiology.org
The classical studies of nicotine by Langley at the turn of the 20th century introduced the
concept of a “receptive substance,” from which the idea of a “receptor” came to light …

Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: from structure to brain function

RC Hogg, M Raggenbass, D Bertrand - Reviews of physiology …, 2003 - Springer
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are ligand-gated ion channels and can be
divided into two groups: muscle receptors, which are found at the skeletal neuromuscular …

Muscle and neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: structure, function and pathogenicity

D Kalamida, K Poulas, V Avramopoulou… - The FEBS …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are integral membrane proteins and prototypic
members of the ligand‐gated ion‐channel superfamily, which has precursors in the …

Naturally-expressed nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes

J Wu, RJ Lukas - Biochemical pharmacology, 2011 - Elsevier
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) warrant attention, as they play many critical roles
in brain and body function and have been implicated in a number of neurological and …

Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: an overview on drug discovery

D D'hoedt, D Bertrand - Expert opinion on therapeutic targets, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are ligand-gated ion channels that
participate in many physiological functions. Receptors result from the assembly of five …

Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: Conventional and unconventional ligands and signaling

RL Papke, JM Lindstrom - Neuropharmacology, 2020 - Elsevier
Postsynaptic nAChRs in the peripheral nervous system are critical for neuromuscular and
autonomic neurotransmission. Pre-and peri-synaptic nAChRs in the brain modulate …