path(MESH:Aging) decreases p(HGNCGENEFAMILY:"Cholinergic receptors nicotinic subunits")
First, age-related nAChR subunit expression decline was observed in both strains, and this was dominated by diminished alpha4 nAChR expression. Second, long-term (12 mo) oral nicotine failed to reduce the age-related decline in the number of neurons expressing alpha4 nAChR subunits, although the neurons that remained exhibited larger processes with more varicosities than age-matched controls (165, 396). Acute nicotine treatment (alpha6 wk of oral nicotine) of aged mice had no measurable influence on nAChR expression, neuronal viability, or dendritic complexity (e.g., Ref. 396)
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