Guidelines on nicotine dose selection for in vivo research

…, U Heberlein, SS Leonard, ED Levin, RJ Lukas… - …, 2007 - Springer
Rationale This review provides insight for the judicious selection of nicotine dose ranges and
routes of administration for in vivo studies. The literature is replete with reports in which a …

International Union of Pharmacology. XX. Current status of the nomenclature for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and their subunits

RJ Lukas, JP Changeux, N le Novère… - Pharmacological …, 1999 - ASPET
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nACh receptors2) in jawed vertebrates are prototypical
members of the multisubunit, neurotransmitter-gated superfamily of ion channels (ionotropic …

Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors as targets for antidepressants

RD Shytle, AA Silver, RJ Lukas, MB Newman… - Molecular …, 2002 - nature.com
While the monoamine deficiency hypothesis of depression is still most commonly used to
explain the actions of antidepressant drugs, a growing body of evidence has accumulated that …

Noncompetitive functional inhibition at diverse, human nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes by bupropion, phencyclidine, and ibogaine

JD Fryer, RJ Lukas - Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental …, 1999 - ASPET
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR) are diverse members of the neurotransmitter-gated
ion channel superfamily and play critical roles in chemical signaling throughout the …

A novel nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subtype in basal forebrain cholinergic neurons with high sensitivity to amyloid peptides

…, M Sierks, G Hu, Y Chang, RJ Lukas… - Journal of …, 2009 - Soc Neuroscience
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) containing α7 subunits are thought to assemble
as homomers. α7-nAChR function has been implicated in learning and memory, and …

Alterations of Alzheimer's disease in the cholesterol‐fed rabbit, including vascular inflammation: preliminary observations

…, A Roher, T Martin, RJ Lukas - Annals of the New …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
We determined the levels of endothelial inflammation using MECA‐32 antibody and a4
nicotinic receptor subunit densities employing [ 3 H]epibatidine binding in the brains of …

Enantioselective effects of hydroxy metabolites of bupropion on behavior and on function of monoamine transporters and nicotinic receptors

…, HA Navarro, BE Blough, S Mirza, RJ Lukas… - Molecular …, 2004 - ASPET
Bupropion is an atypical antidepressant that also has usefulness as a smoking-cessation aid.
Because hydroxybupropion, a major metabolite of bupropion, is believed to contribute to …

Regulation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor numbers and function by chronic nicotine exposure

CL Gentry, RJ Lukas - Current Drug Targets-CNS & …, 2002 - ingentaconnect.com
Recent advances concerning effects of chronic nicotine exposure on nicotinic acetylcholine
receptor (nAChR) expression are reviewed. Implications are assessed of these findings for …

Naturally-expressed nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes

J Wu, RJ Lukas - Biochemical pharmacology, 2011 - Elsevier
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) warrant attention, as they play many critical
roles in brain and body function and have been implicated in a number of neurological and …

Characterization of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors expressed by cells of the SH-SY5Y human neuroblastoma clonal line

RJ Lukas, SA Norman, L Lucero - Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, 1993 - Elsevier
… of PC12 cell nAChR, is insensitive to blockade by Bgt at concentrations as high as 1 ,uM (49)
but is sensitive to blockade by neosurugatoxin at nanomolar concentrations (Lukas and …