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Regulation of synaptic transmission and plasticity by neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
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Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are widely expressed throughout the central nervous system and participate in a variety of physiological functions. Recent advances have revealed roles of nAChRs in the regulation of synaptic transmission and synaptic plasticity, particularly in the hippocampus and midbrain dopamine centers. In general, activation of nAChRs causes membrane depolarization and directly and indirectly increases the intracellular calcium concentration. Thus, when nAChRs are expressed on presynaptic membranes their activation generally increases the probability of neurotransmitter release. When expressed on postsynaptic membranes, nAChR-initiated calcium signals and depolarization activate intracellular signaling mechanisms and gene transcription. Together, the presynaptic and postsynaptic effects of nAChRs generate and facilitate the induction of long-term changes in synaptic transmission. The direction of hippocampal nAChR-mediated synaptic plasticity - either potentiation or depression - depends on the timing of nAChR activation relative to coincident presynaptic and postsynaptic electrical activity, and also depends on the location of cholinergic stimulation within the local network. Therapeutic activation of nAChRs may prove efficacious in the treatment of neuropathologies where synaptic transmission is compromised, as in Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease.
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Metadata
- Authors
- McKay, B. E., Placzek, A. N., & Dani, J. A.
- Affiliations
- Baylor College of Medicine (US)
- Corresponding author
- Dani, John A.
- ORCID
- Dani, John A.
- Venue
- Biochemical Pharmacology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2007-10
- Volume
- 74
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 1120-1133
- ISSN
- 0006-2952 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC2047292
- OpenAlex
- W1964188222
- Cited by
- 181
- References
- 181
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 10 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 11 · 2012: 11
- FWCI
- 5.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Biochemical Pharmacology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (T32NS043124, R37NS021229, R01NS021229)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Keywords
- nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, synaptic transmission, synaptic plasticity, hippocampus, midbrain dopamine, presynaptic neurotransmitter release, intracellular signaling, long-term potentiation, long-term depression, cholinergic modulation, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Hippocampus, Humans, Synaptic Transmission, Neuronal Plasticity, Receptors, Nicotinic, Signal Transduction, Ventral Tegmental Area, Long-Term Potentiation
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