An accomplished mimic, nicotine competes with acetylcholine to bind to the acetylcholine receptor. It wins and, like the vanquished chemical, opens ion channels that let sodium ions into the cell.

Acetylcholine (ACh) was one of the first neurotransmitters ... and of systemically applied pharmacological agents, including nicotine. Typically, activation of brain nAChRs results in enhanced ...

Acetylcholine is a neurotransmitter that helps to activate muscles and causes them to contract. The discovery of lynx1 had potential clinical importance since nicotine is known to increase the level ...

The idea is that nicotine is structurally similar to acetylcholine, allowing it to bind to receptors on the cholinergic interneurons. The team’s experiments showed that suppressing the ...

The buzzy 2023 study on nicotine patches for long COVID suggests the virus may bind to nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, ...

Our current work in this area involves assessing the role of acetylcholine when attentional demands are ... Effects of adolescent nicotine exposure on learning and memory. As part of a collaboration ...