Acetylcholine, a key neurotransmitter, plays a vital role in your body by facilitating communication between neurons in both the central and peripheral nervous systems. It is essential for muscle ...

To compare pharmacological properties of heterologously expressed homomeric α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (α7 nAChRs) with those of native nAChRs containing α7 subunit (α7 * nAChRs) in rat ...

Impairments in cognitive processes, such as deficits in executive function, verbal memory and attention, are prevalent in most patients with schizophrenia (Breier 1999). Some atypical antipsychotic ...

Even at the turn of the century, physicians knew that cholinergic drugs such as scopolamine, which blocks muscarinic acetylcholine receptors, could cause people to forget what happened while they were ...