Brandon Henderson, Ph.D., associate professor of biomedical sciences at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of ...

Each year, over two million people fall victim to snakebites, resulting in more than 100,000 fatalities and 300,000 severe ...

Additional studies in collaboration with Ibañez-Tallon showed that lynx-1 altered the function of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Acetylcholine is a neurotransmitter that helps to activate muscles ...

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 ...

When nicotine enters the brain, it binds to nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) on the surface of neurons. Usually bound to by the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, activation of these excitatory ...

1 Nicotine-induced pain relief appears to work through the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs), heteropentameric ion channels activated by acetylcholine. The effects seem to work better in ...

including a few that code for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. These receptors bind to nicotine and nicotine derivatives and are found on cells in the nervous system, in the lungs, and elsewhere ...

In the eIF4E mice, acetylcholine binding to dopamine axons was impaired, leading to less calcium influx. Increasing calcium restored dopamine release, showing that the problem lies in nicotinic ...

Acetylcholine plays a vital role as a neurotransmitter that oversees cognitive tasks, memory, and the regulation of mood. With aging, our body’s generation of acetylcholine decreases, which ...

Its products includes cytisine, a plant-based alkaloid with a binding affinity to the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. The company was founded in October 1991 and is headquartered in Vancouver ...