Characterization of central inhibitory muscarinic autoreceptors by the use of muscarinic acetylcholine receptor knock-out mice

W Zhang, AS Basile, J Gomeza… - Journal of …, 2002 - Soc Neuroscience
Forebrain muscarinic acetylcholine (ACh) receptors (mAChRs; M1-M5) are predicted to play
important roles in many fundamental central functions, including higher cognitive processes …

M2 muscarinic autoreceptors modulate acetylcholine release in prefrontal cortex of C57BL/6J mouse

CL Douglas, HA Baghdoyan, R Lydic - Journal of Pharmacology and …, 2001 - ASPET
Muscarinic autoreceptors modulate cholinergic neurotransmission in animals ranging from
insects to humans. No previous studies have characterized autoreceptor modulation of …

Use of M1–M5 Muscarinic Receptor Knockout Mice as Novel Tools to Delineate the Physiological Roles of the Muscarinic Cholinergic System

FP Bymaster, DL McKinzie, CC Felder, J Wess - Neurochemical research, 2003 - Springer
In this review we report recent findings on the physiological role of the five known muscarinic
acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs) as shown by gene targeting technology. Using knockout …

Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors: mutant mice provide new insights for drug development

J Wess, RM Eglen, D Gautam - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2007 - nature.com
Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs), M1–M5, regulate the activity of numerous
fundamental central and peripheral functions. The lack of small-molecule ligands that can …

A subpopulation of neuronal M4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors plays a critical role in modulating dopamine-dependent behaviors

J Jeon, D Dencker, G Wörtwein… - Journal of …, 2010 - Soc Neuroscience
Acetylcholine (ACh) regulates many key functions of the CNS by activating cell surface
receptors referred to as muscarinic ACh receptors (M1–M5 mAChRs). Like other mAChR …

M1 and M4 receptors modulate hippocampal pyramidal neurons

S Dasari, AT Gulledge - Journal of neurophysiology, 2011 - journals.physiology.org
Acetylcholine (ACh), acting at muscarinic ACh receptors (mAChRs), modulates the
excitability and synaptic connectivity of hippocampal pyramidal neurons. CA1 pyramidal …

Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes in cerebral cortex and hippocampus

LA Volpicelli, AI Levey - Progress in brain research, 2004 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (mAChR)
family, whose five members participate in critical cholinergic functions including learning …

M 1-M 5 muscarinic receptor knockout mice as novel tools to study the physiological roles of the muscarinic cholinergic system

J Wess, A Duttaroy, W Zhang, J Gomeza… - Receptors and …, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
A large body of evidence indicates that muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs) play
critical roles in regulating the activity of many important functions of the central and …

Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor expression in memory circuits: implications for treatment of Alzheimer disease

AI Levey - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 1996 - National Acad Sciences
Cholinergic transmission at muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChR) has been
implicated in higher brain functions such as learning and memory, and loss of synapses may …

A selective allosteric potentiator of the M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor increases activity of medial prefrontal cortical neurons and restores impairments in …

JK Shirey, AE Brady, PJ Jones, AA Davis… - Journal of …, 2009 - Soc Neuroscience
M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs) may represent a viable target for treatment
of disorders involving impaired cognitive function. However, a major limitation to testing this …