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35 Nicotinic receptors (nAChR) in the brain : Gene expression and contribution to learning and aging processes

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40 Years of <i>The Journal of Neuroscience</i>

scientific article published on 01 January 2021

A calcium- and calmodulin-dependent kinase Ialpha/microtubule affinity regulating kinase 2 signaling cascade mediates calcium-dependent neurite outgrowth

scientific article

A translational investigation targeting stress-reactivity and prefrontal cognitive control with guanfacine for smoking cessation

scientific article

Abnormal avoidance learning in mice lacking functional high-affinity nicotine receptor in the brain

scientific journal article

Access to nicotine in drinking water reduces weight gain without changing caloric intake on high fat diet in male C57BL/6J mice

scientific article published on 13 June 2017

Acetylcholine Acts through Nicotinic Receptors to Enhance the Firing Rate of a Subset of Hypocretin Neurons in the Mouse Hypothalamus through Distinct Presynaptic and Postsynaptic Mechanisms(.)

scientific article

Acetylcholine as a neuromodulator: cholinergic signaling shapes nervous system function and behavior

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Acetylcholine is released in the basolateral amygdala in response to predictors of reward and enhances learning of cue-reward contingency

scientific article published on 18 September 2020

Acute and long-term changes in the mesolimbic dopamine pathway after systemic or local single nicotine injections

scientific article

Administration of the calcineurin inhibitor cyclosporine modulates cocaine-induced locomotor activity in rats

scientific article published on 28 June 2008

AgRP neurons regulate development of dopamine neuronal plasticity and nonfood-associated behaviors

scientific article

Allelic variation of calsyntenin 2 (CLSTN2) modulates the impact of developmental tobacco smoke exposure on mnemonic processing in adolescents

scientific article

Alpha 4 beta 2* nicotinic acetylcholine receptors modulate the effects of ethanol and nicotine on the acoustic startle response

scientific article published in December 2003

Alteration of hippocampal cell proliferation in mice lacking the beta 2 subunit of the neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

scientific article published in December 2004

An epigenetic mechanism mediates developmental nicotine effects on neuronal structure and behavior.

scientific article published on 30 May 2016

An indirect resilience to addiction

scientific article

An instructive role for patterned spontaneous retinal activity in mouse visual map development

scientific article published on June 2011

Analysis of developmental evolution of synapses in CGRP knock-out mice

Analytical Transparency and Reproducibility in Human Neuroimaging Studies

scientific article published in April 2018

Antidepressant-like effects of ceftriaxone in male C57BL/6J mice

scientific article published on 24 July 2006

Antidepressant-like effects of guanfacine and sex-specific differences in effects on c-fos immunoreactivity and paired-pulse ratio in male and female mice

scientific article

Antidepressant-like effects of nicotine and transcranial magnetic stimulation in the olfactory bulbectomy rat model of depression

scientific article published on 26 June 2008

Assessment of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit contributions to nicotine self-administration in mutant mice

scientific article published in November 1999

Beta2-subunit-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are critical for dopamine-dependent locomotor activation following repeated nicotine administration

scientific journal article

Bidirectional Regulation of Aggression in Mice by Hippocampal Alpha-7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors

scientific article

Biological basis for the co-morbidity between smoking and mood disorders

scientific article published on January 2009

Blockade of protein phosphatase 2B activity in the amygdala increases anxiety- and depression-like behaviors in mice

scientific article published on 28 August 2009

Brain nicotinic receptors: structure and regulation, role in learning and reinforcement

scholarly article by Jean-Pierre Changeux et al published May 1998 in Brain Research Reviews

Brain β2*-nicotinic acetylcholine receptor occupancy after use of a nicotine inhaler

scientific article

Calcineurin downregulation in the amygdala is sufficient to induce anxiety-like and depression-like behaviors in C57BL/6J male mice

scientific article

Celebrating 50 Years of Neuroscience

scientific article published on 19 October 2019

Celebrating Peer Review Week 2017: Transparency in the Review Process.

scientific article published in September 2017

Centrally administered galanin blocks morphine place preference in the mouse

scientific article

Changes in the cholinergic system between bipolar depression and euthymia as measured with [123I]5IA single photon emission computed tomography

scientific article published on 14 June 2013

Characterization of GalR1, GalR2, and GalR3 immunoreactivity in catecholaminergic nuclei of the mouse brain

scientific article published in November 2004

Characterization of [(125) I]epibatidine binding and nicotinic agonist-mediated (86) Rb(+) efflux in interpeduncular nucleus and inferior colliculus of beta2 null mutant mice

scientific article

Cholinergic signaling in the hippocampus regulates social stress resilience and anxiety- and depression-like behavior

scientific article published on 11 February 2013

Cocaine self-administration and locomotor sensitization are not altered in CART knockout mice

scientific article

Common aspects of the action of nicotine and other drugs of abuse ⬇️

scientific article published on June 1, 1998

Constitutive knockout of the membrane cytoskeleton protein beta adducin decreases mushroom spine density in the nucleus accumbens but does not prevent spine remodeling in response to cocaine

scientific article published on 29 October 2012

Cortico-thalamic connectivity is vulnerable to nicotine exposure during early postnatal development through α4/β2/α5 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

scientific article

Cytisine, a partial agonist of high-affinity nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, has antidepressant-like properties in male C57BL/6J mice

scientific article

Cytisine-based nicotinic partial agonists as novel antidepressant compounds

scientific article published on 22 January 2009

Decreased synaptic vesicle recycling efficiency and cognitive deficits in amphiphysin 1 knockout mice

scientific journal article

Decreased α4β2 nicotinic receptor number in the absence of mRNA changes suggests post-transcriptional regulation in the spontaneously hypertensive rat model of ADHD

scientific article

Deficiency in inhibitory cortical interneurons associates with hyperactivity in fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 mutant mice

scientific article

Differential effects of nicotinic antagonists perfused into the nucleus accumbens or the ventral tegmental area on cocaine-induced dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens of mice

scientific article published on 24 October 2006

Differential modulation of brain nicotinic acetylcholine receptor function by cytisine, varenicline, and two novel bispidine compounds: emergent properties of a hybrid molecule

scientific article published on 19 August 2013

Direct Submissions from bioRxiv.

scientific article published in January 2017

Dissociation between duration of action in the forced swim test in mice and nicotinic acetylcholine receptor occupancy with sazetidine, varenicline, and 5-I-A85380.

scientific article published on 13 April 2011

Dual Perspectives

scientific article published in August 2016

Editorial: Looking Back on a Year as Editor-in-Chief

scientific article

Editorial: Progressions

scientific article published in February 2017

Effect of cocaine self-administration on striatal PKA-regulated signaling in male and female rats

scientific article

Effect of nicotine and nicotinic receptors on anxiety and depression

scientific article

Effects of galanin on cocaine-mediated conditioned place preference and ERK signaling in mice

scientific article

Effects of galanin on monoaminergic systems and HPA axis: Potential mechanisms underlying the effects of galanin on addiction- and stress-related behaviors

scientific article

Effects of the H3 receptor inverse agonist thioperamide on cocaine-induced locomotion in mice: role of the histaminergic system and potential pharmacokinetic interactions

scientific article

End of a [Paper] Era

scientific article published on 01 December 2020

Evaluation of the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor-Associated Proteome at Baseline and Following Nicotine Exposure in Human and Mouse Cortex.

scientific article published on July 2016

Examining antidepressant drug response by smoking status: why is it important and how often is it done?

scientific article published on 17 December 2010

Exploring the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor-associated proteome with iTRAQ and transgenic mice

scientific article published on 25 July 2013

Expression of ezrin in glial tubes in the adult subventricular zone and rostral migratory stream

scientific article published on 22 September 2006

Expression of the 5-HT1A serotonin receptor in the hippocampus is required for social stress resilience and the antidepressant-like effects induced by the nicotinic partial agonist cytisine

scientific article

FACS identifies unique cocaine-induced gene regulation in selectively activated adult striatal neurons

scientific article

FACS purification of immunolabeled cell types from adult rat brain.

scientific article published on 3 September 2011

Fear conditioning and latent inhibition in mice lacking the high affinity subclass of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the brain

scientific journal article

GABA interneurons are the cellular trigger for ketamine's rapid antidepressant actions

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

GABAergic and glutamatergic efferents of the mouse ventral tegmental area

scientific article

GalR1, but not GalR2 or GalR3, levels are regulated by galanin signaling in the locus coeruleus through a cyclic AMP-dependent mechanism

scientific article

Galanin and Addiction ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2010

Galanin and galanin-like peptide modulate neurite outgrowth via protein kinase C-mediated activation of extracellular signal-related kinase

scientific article published on June 2006

Galanin attenuates cyclic AMP regulatory element-binding protein (CREB) phosphorylation induced by chronic morphine and naloxone challenge in Cath.a cells and primary striatal cultures

scientific article published on 17 January 2006

Galanin can attenuate opiate reinforcement and withdrawal

scientific article

Galanin negatively modulates opiate withdrawal via galanin receptor 1.

scientific article published on 4 October 2011

Galanin protects against behavioral and neurochemical correlates of opiate reward

scientific article published on 24 October 2007

Galanin-induced decreases in nucleus accumbens/striatum excitatory postsynaptic potentials and morphine conditioned place preference require both galanin receptor 1 and galanin receptor 2.

scientific article

Galanin: a novel therapeutic target for depression, anxiety disorders and drug addiction?

scientific article

Gender differences in learned helplessness behavior are influenced by genetic background

scientific article published in August 2000

Genetics of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: Relevance to nicotine addiction

scientific article

Ghrelin modulates the activity and synaptic input organization of midbrain dopamine neurons while promoting appetite

scientific article

Gratitude to Our Reviewers.

scientific article published in September 2016

Guidelines on nicotine dose selection for in vivo research.

scientific article published on 9 August 2006

High-affinity nicotinic acetylcholine receptor expression and trafficking abnormalities in psychiatric illness ⬇️

scientific article published on April 28, 2013

High-affinity nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are required for antidepressant effects of amitriptyline on behavior and hippocampal cell proliferation

scientific article published in November 2004

Hippocampal knockdown of α2 nicotinic or m1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in C57BL/6j male mice impairs cued fear conditioning

scientific article published on 24 May 2020

Homozygous loss of DIAPH1 is a novel cause of microcephaly in humans

scientific article

Human tobacco smokers in early abstinence have higher levels of beta2* nicotinic acetylcholine receptors than nonsmokers.

scientific article published in August 2006

Imaging changes in synaptic acetylcholine availability in living human subjects.

scientific article published on 15 November 2012

Immunochemical localization of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase I.

scientific article published in May 1995

Impaired auditory discrimination learning following perinatal nicotine exposure or β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit deletion

scientific article

Impaired synaptic plasticity and learning in mice lacking beta-adducin, an actin-regulating protein

scientific article

In vivo evidence for β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit upregulation in smokers as compared with nonsmokers with schizophrenia

scientific article

In vivo nicotine treatment regulates mesocorticolimbic CREB and ERK signaling in C57Bl/6J mice

scientific article

Inhibition of GABA interneurons in the mPFC is sufficient and necessary for rapid antidepressant responses

scientific article published on 17 October 2020

Inhibition of both alpha7* and beta2* nicotinic acetylcholine receptors is necessary to prevent development of sensitization to cocaine-elicited increases in extracellular dopamine levels in the ventral striatum

scientific article

Interaction between noradrenergic and cholinergic signaling in amygdala regulates anxiety- and depression-related behaviors in mice

scientific article published on 22 February 2018

It is not "either/or": activation and desensitization of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors both contribute to behaviors related to nicotine addiction and mood

scientific article published on 27 December 2007

JNeurosci Manuscripts May Now Include Extended Datasets

scientific article published in March 2017

Knockout of striatal enriched protein tyrosine phosphatase in mice results in increased ERK1/2 phosphorylation

scientific article published on January 2009

Local Application of Neurotrophins Specifies Axons Through Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate, Calcium, and Ca2+/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases

scientific article published on 15 November 2011

Localized low-level re-expression of high-affinity mesolimbic nicotinic acetylcholine receptors restores nicotine-induced locomotion but not place conditioning.

scientific article published on 11 December 2008

Locomotion and self-administration induced by cocaine in 129/OlaHsd mice lacking galanin

scientific article

Maternal smoking and autism spectrum disorder: meta-analysis with population smoking metrics as moderators

scientific article

Mediating role of stress reactivity in the effects of prenatal tobacco exposure on childhood mental health outcomes

scientific article published on 29 August 2013

Mice lacking the galanin gene show decreased sensitivity to nicotine conditioned place preference

scientific article

Modulation of a calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase cascade by retinoic acid during neutrophil maturation

scientific journal article

Modulation of aggressive behavior in mice by nicotinic receptor subtypes

scientific article

Modulation of ethanol consumption by genetic and pharmacological manipulation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in mice

scientific article

Molecular and cellular characterization of nAChR subtypes in the arcuate nucleus of the mouse hypothalamus.

scientific article

Molecular mechanisms underlying behaviors related to nicotine addiction

scientific article

Molecular mechanisms underlying the motivational effects of nicotine

scientific article published on January 2009

Molecules and circuits involved in nicotine addiction: The many faces of smoking

scientific article

Mood and anxiety regulation by nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: A potential pathway to modulate aggression and related behavioral states

scientific article published on 9 January 2015

Morphine dependence and withdrawal induced changes in cholinergic signaling

scientific article published on 04 May 2013

Mutant Mice and Neuroscience: Recommendations Concerning Genetic Background

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Nestin promoter/enhancer directs transgene expression to precursors of adult generated periglomerular neurons

scientific article

Neuromodulation by acetylcholine: examples from schizophrenia and depression

scientific article published on 28 June 2014

Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit knockout mice: physiological and behavioral phenotypes and possible clinical implications.

scientific article

Neuroprotection via nAChRs: the role of nAChRs in neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease

scientific article published on January 2008

Neuroscience: MicroRNA knocks down cocaine

scientific article published on July 2010

New Online Platform Will Allow Early Release, Alt-metrics, and Extended Datasets.

scientific article published in October 2016

New Reviewer Mentoring Program

scientific article published in January 2018

Nicotine as a modulator of behavior: beyond the inverted U.

scientific article

Nicotine decreases food intake through activation of POMC neurons

scientific article

Nicotine induces glutamate release from thalamocortical terminals in prefrontal cortex

scientific article published in February 2003

Nicotine receptors and depression: revisiting and revising the cholinergic hypothesis

scientific article

Nicotine withdrawal increases body weight, neuropeptide Y and Agouti-related protein expression in the hypothalamus and decreases uncoupling protein-3 expression in the brown adipose tissue in high-fat fed mice

scientific article published on 18 October 2006

Nicotine, food intake, and activation of POMC neurons

scientific article published on January 2013

Nicotine, striatum, and reward

scientific article published in February 2013

Nicotine-induced phosphorylation of ERK in mouse primary cortical neurons: evidence for involvement of glutamatergic signaling and CaMKII.

scientific article published on 31 July 2007

Nicotine-induced plasticity during development: modulation of the cholinergic system and long-term consequences for circuits involved in attention and sensory processing

scientific article

Nicotine-taking and nicotine-seeking in C57Bl/6J mice without prior operant training or food restriction

scientific article published on 2 February 2012

Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Signaling in the Hypothalamus: Mechanisms Related to Nicotine's Effects on Food Intake

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

Nicotinic Regulation of Energy Homeostasis ⬇️

scientific article published on September 18, 2012

Nicotinic receptors in aging and dementia

scientific article

Nicotinic receptors in the brain. Links between molecular biology and behavior.

scientific article

Nicotinic α7 receptors enhance NMDA cognitive circuits in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

scientific article

Nicotinic-agonist stimulated 86Rb+ efflux and [3H]epibatidine binding of mice differing in β2 genotype

scientific article published on 01 October 2000

No Submission Fee for SfN Members.

scientific article

Nociceptive thresholds are controlled through spinal β2-subunit-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

scientific article published on 26 July 2011

Nucleus accumbens CREB activity is necessary for nicotine conditioned place preference

scientific article published on 11 February 2009

Oral nicotine consumption does not affect maternal care or early development in mice but results in modest hyperactivity in adolescence

scientific article

Peer Review Week 2018: Diversity in Peer Review

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Peer Review Week 2020: Trust in Peer Review

scientific article published on 01 September 2020

Peer Review Week: Quality in Peer Review

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

Persistent β2*-nicotinic acetylcholinergic receptor dysfunction in major depressive disorder

scientific article

Pharmacological and null mutation approaches reveal nicotinic receptor diversity

scientific article published on 01 March 2000

Plasticity of prefrontal attention circuitry: upregulated muscarinic excitability in response to decreased nicotinic signaling following deletion of α5 or β2 subunits

scientific article published on November 2011

Positive modulation of NMDA receptors by AGN-241751 exerts rapid antidepressant-like effects via excitatory neurons

scientific article published on 15 October 2020

Prenatal and adolescent exposure to tobacco smoke modulates the development of white matter microstructure.

scientific article published in December 2007

Prolonged wakefulness induces experience-dependent synaptic plasticity in mouse hypocretin/orexin neurons

scientific article

Promoter elements conferring neuron-specific expression of the beta 2-subunit of the neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor studied in vitro and in transgenic mice

scientific article published in December 1995

Purification and characterization of PCPP-260: a Purkinje cell-enriched cyclic AMP-regulated membrane phosphoprotein of Mr 260,000.

scientific article

Rare human nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α4 subunit (CHRNA4) variants affect expression and function of high-affinity nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.

scientific article published on 02 January 2014

Rare nonsynonymous variants in alpha-4 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor gene protect against nicotine dependence

scientific article

Reduced locomotor responses to cocaine in ghrelin-deficient mice

scientific article published on 12 June 2011

Reduction of Aggressive Episodes After Repeated Transdermal Nicotine Administration in a Hospitalized Adolescent with Autism Spectrum Disorder

scientific article published on 16 May 2015

Reduction of cocaine place preference in mice lacking the protein phosphatase 1 inhibitors DARPP 32 or Inhibitor 1.

scientific article published in April 2002

Regulation of aggressive behaviors by nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: Animal models, human genetics, and clinical studies

scientific article published on 26 December 2019

Regulation of synaptic efficacy in hypocretin/orexin-containing neurons by melanin concentrating hormone in the lateral hypothalamus

scientific article published on September 2008

Repeated in vivo exposure of cocaine induces long-lasting synaptic plasticity in hypocretin/orexin-producing neurons in the lateral hypothalamus in mice

scientific article published on 14 January 2013

Reporting on Experimental Design and Statistical Analysis

scientific article published in April 2017

Role of Calcineurin in Nicotine-Mediated Locomotor Sensitization

scientific article published on 01 August 2007

Role of beta2-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in auditory event-related potentials

scientific article

Role of neuronal nicotinic receptors in the effects of nicotine and ethanol on contextual fear conditioning

scientific journal article

Ronald S. Duman, Ph.D. (1954-2020)

scientific article published on 19 February 2020

Ronald S. Duman, PhD (1954-2020)

scientific article published on 20 April 2020

Science is a Marathon Not a Sprint: Creating a Positive Culture for Early Career Researchers

scientific article published on 01 August 2018

Self-administration of ethanol, cocaine, or nicotine does not decrease the soma size of ventral tegmental area dopamine neurons

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Sex Differences in the Ventral Tegmental Area and Nucleus Accumbens Proteome at Baseline and Following Nicotine Exposure

scientific article published on 14 July 2021

Sex differences in amphetamine-induced dopamine release in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of tobacco smokers

scientific article published on 03 July 2019

Sex differences in anxiety-like behavior and locomotor activity following chronic nicotine exposure in mice

scientific article published on 13 May 2008

Sex differences in availability of β2*-nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in recently abstinent tobacco smokers

scientific article

Sex differences in response to oral amitriptyline in three animal models of depression in C57BL/6J mice

scientific article published on 15 July 2003

Sex differences in stress-related alcohol use

scientific article published on 08 February 2019

SfN Journals: Two Paths, One Goal: Sharing Strong Science.

scientific article published on 6 July 2016

SfN Journals: Two Paths, One Goal: Sharing Strong Science.

scientific article

Smoking as a complex but critical covariate in neurobiological studies of posttraumatic stress disorders: a review

scientific article

Striatal-enriched protein tyrosine phosphatase (STEP) knockout mice have enhanced hippocampal memory

scientific article

Targeting the noradrenergic system for gender-sensitive medication development for tobacco dependence

scientific article

The Effect of Treatment with Guanfacine, an Alpha2 Adrenergic Agonist, on Dopaminergic Tone in Tobacco Smokers: An [11C]FLB457 PET Study

scientific article published on 25 September 2017

The drive to eat: comparisons and distinctions between mechanisms of food reward and drug addiction

scientific article published on 25 September 2012

The galanin receptor 1 gene associates with tobacco craving in smokers seeking cessation treatment

scientific article

The membrane cytoskeletal protein adducin is phosphorylated by protein kinase C in D1 neurons of the nucleus accumbens and dorsal striatum following cocaine administration

scientific article

The neuropeptide galanin modulates behavioral and neurochemical signs of opiate withdrawal

scientific article

The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor partial agonist varenicline increases the ataxic and sedative-hypnotic effects of acute ethanol administration in C57BL/6J mice

scientific article

The nicotinic antagonist mecamylamine has antidepressant-like effects in wild-type but not beta2- or alpha7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit knockout mice

scientific article

The prototoxin lynx1 acts on nicotinic acetylcholine receptors to balance neuronal activity and survival in vivo

scientific article published in September 2006

The role of acetylcholine in negative encoding bias: Too much of a good thing?

scientific article published on 10 December 2019

The synaptic adhesion molecule SynCAM 1 contributes to cocaine effects on synapse structure and psychostimulant behavior

scientific article published on 21 November 2012

Two Introns Define Functional Domains of a Neuropeptide Precursor inAplysia1

scientific article published on 01 January 1984

Upregulation of Galanin Binding Sites and GalR1 mRNA Levels in the Mouse Locus Coeruleus Following Chronic Morphine Treatments and Precipitated Morphine Withdrawal

scientific article published on 01 August 2000

Varenicline has antidepressant-like activity in the forced swim test and augments sertraline's effect

scientific article published on 10 January 2009

Varenicline reduces alcohol self-administration in heavy-drinking smokers

scientific article

Variability in nicotine conditioned place preference and stress-induced reinstatement in mice: Effects of sex, initial chamber preference, and guanfacine

scientific article published on 13 August 2019

Voluntary oral nicotine intake in mice down-regulates GluR2 but does not modulate depression-like behaviors

scientific article published on 16 January 2008

Why Editorial Rejection?

scientific article published in January 2018

beta2-Subunit-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are involved in nicotine-induced increases in conditioned reinforcement but not progressive ratio responding for food in C57BL/6 mice

scientific article published on 13 August 2005

microRNA-33 maintains adaptive thermogenesis via enhanced sympathetic nerve activity

scientific article published on 16 February 2021

α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor partial agonists with low intrinsic efficacy have antidepressant-like properties

scientific article published on August 2011

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