α4α6β2* Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Activation on Ventral Tegmental Area Dopamine Neurons Is Sufficient to Stimulate a Depolarizing Conductance and Enhance Surface AMPA Receptor Function

Ampa Receptor ◽

Receptor Activation ◽

Dopamine Neurons ◽

Receptor Function ◽

Nicotinic Acetylcholine ◽

The motivational valence of nicotine in the rat ventral tegmental area is switched from rewarding to aversive following blockade of the α7-subunit-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Psychopharmacology ◽

10.1007/s00213-002-1317-6 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 166 (3) ◽

pp. 306-313 ◽

Cited By ~ 70

Author(s):

Steven R. Laviolette ◽

Derek van der Kooy

Keyword(s):

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Acetylcholine Receptor ◽

Nicotinic Acetylcholine ◽

Ventral Tegmental ◽

Α7 Subunit

Selective re-expression of β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits in the ventral tegmental area of the mouse restores intravenous nicotine self-administration

Neuropharmacology ◽

10.1016/j.neuropharm.2012.03.011 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 63 (2) ◽

pp. 235-241 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

María Juliana Orejarena ◽

Andrea Herrera-Solís ◽

Stéphanie Pons ◽

Uwe Maskos ◽

Rafael Maldonado ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Acetylcholine Receptor ◽

Self Administration ◽

Nicotinic Acetylcholine ◽

Intravenous Nicotine ◽

Effect of the α4β2∗ nicotinic acetylcholine receptor partial agonist varenicline on dopamine release in β2 knock-out mice with selective re-expression of the β2 subunit in the ventral tegmental area

Neuropharmacology ◽

10.1016/j.neuropharm.2009.10.007 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 58 (2) ◽

pp. 346-350 ◽

Cited By ~ 28

Author(s):

Christelle Reperant ◽

Stéphanie Pons ◽

Eric Dufour ◽

Hans Rollema ◽

Alain M. Gardier ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Acetylcholine Receptor ◽

Dopamine Release ◽

Partial Agonist ◽

Nicotinic Acetylcholine ◽

Knock Out ◽

Ventral Tegmental ◽

Knock Out Mice

Muscarinic, but not nicotinic, acetylcholine receptor blockade in the ventral tegmental area attenuates cue-induced sucrose-seeking

Behavioural Brain Research ◽

10.1016/j.bbr.2015.05.036 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 291 ◽

pp. 372-376 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Nii A. Addy ◽

Eric J. Nunes ◽

Robert J. Wickham

Keyword(s):

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Acetylcholine Receptor ◽

Receptor Blockade ◽

Nicotinic Acetylcholine ◽

Distinctive nicotinic acetylcholine receptor functional phenotypes of rat ventral tegmental area dopaminergic neurons

The Journal of Physiology ◽

10.1113/jphysiol.2008.162743 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 587 (2) ◽

pp. 345-361 ◽

Cited By ~ 44

Author(s):

Kechun Yang ◽

Jun Hu ◽

Linda Lucero ◽

Qiang Liu ◽

Chao Zheng ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Acetylcholine Receptor ◽

Dopaminergic Neurons ◽

Nicotinic Acetylcholine ◽

Immunohistochemical localization of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit α6 to dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra and ventral tegmental area

Neuroreport ◽

10.1097/00001756-199708180-00019 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 8 (12) ◽

pp. 2739-2742 ◽

Cited By ~ 60

Author(s):

Finn M. Göldner ◽

Kelly T. Dineley ◽

James W. Patrick

Keyword(s):

Substantia Nigra ◽

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Acetylcholine Receptor ◽

Dopaminergic Neurons ◽

Immunohistochemical Localization ◽

Receptor Subunit ◽

Nicotinic Acetylcholine ◽

Crucial Role of 4 and 6 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Subunits from Ventral Tegmental Area in Systemic Nicotine Self-Administration

Journal of Neuroscience ◽

10.1523/jneurosci.3918-08.2008 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 28 (47) ◽

pp. 12318-12327 ◽

Cited By ~ 228

Author(s):

S. Pons ◽

L. Fattore ◽

G. Cossu ◽

S. Tolu ◽

E. Porcu ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Acetylcholine Receptor ◽

Crucial Role ◽

Self Administration ◽

Nicotinic Acetylcholine ◽

Faculty Opinions recommendation of Alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor activation ameliorates scopolamine-induced behavioural changes in a modified continuous Y-maze task in mice.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.1146929.604026 ◽

2009 ◽

Author(s):

Jerry Buccafusco

Keyword(s):

Acetylcholine Receptor ◽

Receptor Activation ◽

Maze Task ◽

Nicotinic Acetylcholine ◽

Alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor ◽

Behavioural Changes ◽

Y Maze

Catecholamine outflow from mouse and rat brain slice preparations evoked by nicotinic acetylcholine receptor activation and electrical field stimulation

British Journal of Pharmacology ◽

10.1038/sj.bjp.0707236 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 151 (3) ◽

pp. 414-422 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

P Scholze ◽

A Orr-Urtreger ◽

J-P Changeux ◽

J M McIntosh ◽

S Huck

Keyword(s):

Rat Brain ◽

Acetylcholine Receptor ◽

Brain Slice ◽

Electrical Field Stimulation ◽

Receptor Activation ◽

Field Stimulation ◽

Electrical Field ◽

Nicotinic Acetylcholine ◽

Rat Brain Slice

Alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor activation protects against myocardial reperfusion injury through modulation of autophagy

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ◽

10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.04.077 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 500 (2) ◽

pp. 357-364 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Zuoxu Hou ◽

Yaguang Zhou ◽

Hongyan Yang ◽

Yan Liu ◽

Xuechao Mao ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Reperfusion Injury ◽

Acetylcholine Receptor ◽

Alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor

Receptor Activation ◽

Myocardial Reperfusion ◽

Myocardial Reperfusion Injury ◽

Nicotinic Acetylcholine ◽