Differentiating the Neuropharmacological Properties of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor-Activating Alkaloids

• Main Authors: Omar Alijevic (Author), Oihane Jaka (Author), Ainhoa Alzualde (Author), Diana Maradze (Author), Wenhao Xia (Author), Stefan Frentzel (Author), Andrew N. Gifford (Author), Manuel C. Peitsch (Author), Julia Hoeng (Author), Kyoko Koshibu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Alkaloids that target nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR) are of great interest because of the critical role they play in mood and anxiety. However, understanding of the neuropharmacological effects of nicotinic alkaloids, such as cotinine and anatabine, is very limited. In this study, we inve...