scholarly journals Block of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors by philanthotoxins is strongly dependent on their subunit composition

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamid S. Kachel ◽  
Rohit N. Patel ◽  
Henrik Franzyk ◽  
Ian R. Mellor
Keyword(s):  
Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors ◽  
Acetylcholine Receptors ◽  
Subunit Composition ◽  
Nicotinic Acetylcholine

scholarly journals ROLE OF THE SUBUNIT COMPOSITION OF CENTRAL NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS FOR THE STIMULATORY AND DOPAMINE-ENHANCING EFFECTS OF ETHANOL

2006 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 486-493 ◽  
Author(s):  
ELISABET JERLHAG ◽  
MORTEN GRØTLI ◽  
KRISTINA LUTHMAN ◽  
LENNART SVENSSON ◽  
JÖRGEN A. ENGEL
Keyword(s):  
Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors ◽  
Acetylcholine Receptors ◽  
Subunit Composition ◽  
Nicotinic Acetylcholine

Subunit Composition and Pharmacology of Two Classes of Striatal Presynaptic Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Mediating Dopamine Release in Mice

2004 ◽  
Vol 65 (6) ◽  
pp. 1526-1535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Outi Salminen ◽  
Karen L. Murphy ◽  
J. Michael McIntosh ◽  
John Drago ◽  
Michael J. Marks ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors ◽  
Acetylcholine Receptors ◽  
Dopamine Release ◽  
Subunit Composition ◽  
Nicotinic Acetylcholine

Assembly and subunit diversity of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 869-874 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.S. Millar
Keyword(s):  
Ion Channels ◽  
Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors ◽  
Acetylcholine Receptors ◽  
Nicotinic Receptors ◽  
Subunit Composition ◽  
Receptor Subtypes ◽  
Receptor Subunit ◽  
Vertebrate Species ◽  
Nachr Subunit ◽  
Nicotinic Acetylcholine

Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are a diverse family of neurotransmitter-gated ion channels which contain five transmembrane subunits arranged around a central pore. Distinct receptor subtypes are expressed at the vertebrate skeletal neuromuscular junction, in mechanosensory cells and within the central and peripheral nervous systems. A total of 17 nAChR subunits (α1–α10, β1–β4, γ, δ and ∊) have been identified in vertebrate species, which can co-assemble to generate a wide variety of nAChRs. Nicotinic receptors also constitute an abundant and diverse family of receptors in invertebrates. As a consequence of studies which have been conducted with both native and recombinant nAChRs, the subunit composition of nAChRs and the rules governing subunit co-assembly are becoming clearer. In this paper the extent of nAChR subunit diversity and evidence for receptor subunit composition is reviewed.

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