Cerebral microvascular pathology in aging and Alzheimer's disease

E Farkas, PGM Luiten - Progress in neurobiology, 2001 - Elsevier
The aging of the central nervous system and the development of incapacitating neurological
diseases like Alzheimer's disease (AD) are generally associated with a wide range of …

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 …

Distribution and function of the muscarinic receptor subtypes in the cardiovascular system

HC Saternos, DA Almarghalani… - Physiological …, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors belong to the G protein-coupled receptor superfamily
and are widely known to mediate numerous functions within the central and peripheral …

Selective activation of the M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor achieved by allosteric potentiation

L Ma, MA Seager, M Wittmann… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
The forebrain cholinergic system promotes higher brain function in part by signaling through
the M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (mAChR). During Alzheimer's disease (AD), these …

[HTML][HTML] Theories of schizophrenia: a genetic-inflammatory-vascular synthesis

DR Hanson, II Gottesman - BMC medical genetics, 2005 - Springer
Background Schizophrenia, a relatively common psychiatric syndrome, affects virtually all
brain functions yet has eluded explanation for more than 100 years. Whether by …

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 …

[PDF][PDF] Expression of non-neuronal acetylcholine in lymphocytes and its contribution to the regulation of immune function

K Kawashima, T Fujii - Front Biosci, 2004 - researchgate.net
[Frontiers in Bioscience 9, 2063-2085, September 1, 2004] 2063 EXPRESSION OF NON-NEURONAL
ACETYLCHOLINE IN LYMPHOCYTES AND ITS C Page 1 [Frontiers in Bioscience 9, 2063-2085 …

Human development: Biological and genetic processes

II Gottesman, DR Hanson - Annu. Rev. Psychol., 2005 - annualreviews.org
Adaptation is a central organizing principle throughout biology, whether we are studying
species, populations, or individuals. Adaptation in biological systems occurs in response to …

Muscarinic receptor subtype pharmacology and physiology

RM Eglen - Progress in medicinal chemistry, 2005 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary The role of muscarinic receptors is highly complex. The recent
pharmacological evidence with novel compounds, together with data from transgenic mice …

Relative contributions of sympathetic, cholinergic, and myogenic mechanisms to cerebral autoregulation

JW Hamner, CO Tan - Stroke, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Prior work aimed at improving our understanding of human
cerebral autoregulation has explored individual physiological mechanisms of autoregulation …