The Road to Discovery of Neuronal Nicotinic Cholinergic Receptor Subtypes
- 31 January 2009
- book chapter
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- No. 192,p. 85-112
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69248-5_4
Abstract
The discovery that mammalian brain expresses the mRNAs for nine different nicotinic cholinergic receptor subunits (α2–α7, β2–β4) that form functional receptors when expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes suggests that many different types of nicotinic cholinergic receptors (nAChRs) might be expressed in the mammalian brain., Using an historical approach, this chapter reviews some of the progress made in identifying the nAChR subtypes that seem to play a vital role in modulating dopaminergic function. nAChR subtypes that are expressed in dopamine neurons, as well as neurons that interact with dopamine neurons (glutamatergic, GABAergic), serve as the focus of this review. Subjects that are highlighted include the discovery of a low affinity α4β2* nAChR, the identity of recently characterized α6* nAChRs, and the finding that these α6* receptors have the highest affinity for receptor activation of any of the native receptors that have been characterized to date. Topics that have been ignored in other recent reviews of this area, such as the discovery and potential importance of alternative transcripts, are presented along with a discussion of their potential importance.Keywords
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