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List of works by Niaz Sahibzada

18F-ASEM, a radiolabeled antagonist for imaging the α7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptor with PET.

scientific article published on 20 February 2014

A crucial role of the alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid subtype of glutamate receptors in piriform and perirhinal cortex for the initiation and propagation of limbic motor seizures.

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AT-1001 Is a Partial Agonist with High Affinity and Selectivity at Human and Rat α3β4 Nicotinic Cholinergic Receptors

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Brain-derived neurotrophic factor is required for axonal growth of selective groups of neurons in the arcuate nucleus.

scientific article published on 20 March 2015

CNS site of action and brainstem circuitry responsible for the intravenous effects of nicotine on gastric tone.

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Characterization of noradrenergic transmission at the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus involved in reflex control of fundus tone.

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Chemistry and Pharmacological Studies of 3-Alkoxy-2,5-Disubstituted-Pyridinyl Compounds as Novel Selective α4β2 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Ligands That Reduce Alcohol Intake in Rats

scientific article published on April 11, 2013

Chronic sazetidine-A maintains anxiolytic effects and slower weight gain following chronic nicotine without maintaining increased density of nicotinic receptors in rodent brain

scientific article published on 07 February 2014

Comments on: "Esophageal-gastric relaxation reflex in rat: dual control of peripheral nitrergic and cholinergic transmission"

scientific article published on 11 May 2006

Design, synthesis and discovery of picomolar selective α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor ligands.

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Discrete BDNF Neurons in the Paraventricular Hypothalamus Control Feeding and Energy Expenditure

scientific article published on 11 June 2015

Dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus: a site for evoking simultaneous changes in crural diaphragm activity, lower esophageal sphincter pressure, and fundus tone.

scientific article published on 31 October 2007

Electroshock seizures protect against apoptotic hippocampal cell death induced by adrenalectomy.

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Evidence for the role of β2* nAChR desensitization in regulating body weight in obese mice

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GABA-mediated neurotransmission in the ventrolateral NTS plays a role in respiratory regulation in the rat.

scientific article published in December 2002

GABAB Receptor Signaling in the Dorsal Motor Nucleus of the Vagus Stimulates Gastric Motility via a Cholinergic Pathway

scientific article published on 12 September 2019

Glucose acts in the CNS to regulate gastric motility during hypoglycemia.

scientific article published on 17 July 2003

Glucose does not activate nonadrenergic, noncholinergic inhibitory neurons in the rat stomach.

scientific article published on 18 November 2004

Glucose effects on gastric motility and tone evoked from the rat dorsal vagal complex

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Hindbrain chemical mediators of reflex-induced inhibition of gastric tone produced by esophageal distension and intravenous nicotine.

scientific article published on 28 July 2005

Human induced pluripotent stem-derived retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells exhibit ion transport, membrane potential, polarized vascular endothelial growth factor secretion, and gene expression pattern similar to native RPE.

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Movements resembling orientation or avoidance elicited by electrical stimulation of the superior colliculus in rats.

scientific article published in March 1986

Optogenetic and pharmacological evidence that somatostatin-GABA neurons are important regulators of parasympathetic outflow to the stomach.

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Organization and actions of the noradrenergic input to the hamster's superior colliculus.

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Rhythmic Aortic Contractions Induced by Electrical Stimulation In Vivo in the Rat

scientific article published on July 2015

Role of brainstem structures in seizures initiated from the deep prepiriform cortex of rats.

scientific article published in May 1993

Specific subnuclei of the nucleus tractus solitarius play a role in determining the duration of inspiration in the rat.

scientific article published in October 2000

Subdiaphragmatic Vagotomy With Pyloroplasty Ameliorates the Obesity Caused by Genetic Deletion of the Melanocortin 4 Receptor in the Mouse

scientific article published in March 2018

The (α4)3(β2)2 Stoichiometry of the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Predominates in the Rat Motor Cortex.

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The spinal and commissural projections from the superior colliculus in rat and hamster arise from distinct neuronal populations.

scientific article published in July 1987

Tonic GABAA receptor conductance in medial subnucleus of the tractus solitarius neurons is inhibited by activation of μ-opioid receptors

scientific article published on November 23, 2011

Ultrastructural evidence for selective GABAergic innervation of CNS vagal projections to the antrum of the rat.

scientific article published on 26 November 2010

micro-Opioid receptor stimulation in the medial subnucleus of the tractus solitarius inhibits gastric tone and motility by reducing local GABA activity

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α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors intrinsically influence body weight in mice

scientific article published on 24 December 2019