Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor knockout mice: novel phenotypes and clinical implications

J Wess - Annu. Rev. Pharmacol. Toxicol., 2004 - annualreviews.org
Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs; M1–M5) play key roles in regulating the
activity of many important functions of the central and peripheral nervous system. Because of …

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 …

Hyperactivity and intact hippocampus-dependent learning in mice lacking the M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor

T Miyakawa, M Yamada, A Duttaroy… - Journal of …, 2001 - Soc Neuroscience
Members of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor family are thought to play key roles in the
regulation of a large number of important functions of the CNS. However, the precise roles of …

Pronounced pharmacologic deficits in M2 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor knockout mice

J Gomeza, H Shannon, E Kostenis… - Proceedings of the …, 1999 - National Acad Sciences
Members of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor family (M1–M5) are known to be involved
in a great number of important central and peripheral physiological and pathophysiological …

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 …

Cholinergic dilation of cerebral blood vessels is abolished in M5 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor knockout mice

M Yamada, KG Lamping, A Duttaroy… - Proceedings of the …, 2001 - National Acad Sciences
The M5 muscarinic receptor is the most recent member of the muscarinic acetylcholine
receptor family (M1-M5) to be cloned. At present, the physiological relevance of this receptor …

Enhancement of D1 dopamine receptor-mediated locomotor stimulation in M4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor knockout mice

J Gomeza, L Zhang, E Kostenis… - Proceedings of the …, 1999 - National Acad Sciences
Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (M1–M5) regulate many key functions of the central and
peripheral nervous system. Primarily because of the lack of receptor subtype-selective …

M2 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor knock-out mice show deficits in behavioral flexibility, working memory, and hippocampal plasticity

T Seeger, I Fedorova, F Zheng, T Miyakawa… - Journal of …, 2004 - Soc Neuroscience
Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors are known to play key roles in facilitating cognitive
processes. However, the specific roles of the individual muscarinic receptor subtypes (M1 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

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 …