Dr. Heh-In Im at the Center for Brain Disorders of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) has identified a novel brain region and neural mechanism involved in regulating nicotine ...

In the administration of soman, a powerful inhibitor of acetylcholinesterase that causes seizures via stimulation of muscarinic and nicotinic receptors, pre-lesioning of posterior piriform cortex or ...

There are a significant number of words, phrases and acronyms that appear when talking about race and ethnicity which often change depending on the context of the conversation. Language is ...

Aiiso Yufeng Li Family Department of Chemical and Nano Engineering, Shu and K. C. Chien and Peter Farrell Collaboratory, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States ...

“When it does that, it enters the blood system,” Ahluwalia says. Nicotine molecules bind to the body’s nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, which are involved in regulating the dopamine reward ...

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Nicotine could improve cognitive function by activating specific pathways known as nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the brain and nervous system. These receptors respond to nicotine and ...

The update presented by Neurocrine included the following information: An End of Phase 2 meeting for NBI-1117568 (NBI-'568, an oral, muscarinic M4 selective agonist) has been completed with the US ...

Introduction: Cholinergic Receptor Muscarinic 1 (CHRM1) is a G protein-coupled acetylcholine (ACh) receptor predominantly expressed in the cerebral cortex. In a retrospective postmortem brain ...

Fluctuations in brain and behavioral state are supported by broadly projecting neuromodulatory systems. In this study, we use mesoscale two-photon calcium imaging to examine spontaneous activity of ...

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