a(CHEBI:nicotine) increases a(MESH:"alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor")

PubMed:25514383

APPSwe mice at 14.5 months have fewer alphaBungarotoxin binding sites, while in transgenic mice treated with nicotine the number of alphaBungarotoxin binding sites was recovered and comparable to non transgenic age-matched control mice, suggesting that there was an increase in the population of alpha7 nAChRs (Hellstrom-Lindahl et al., 2004)

MeSH

Alzheimer Disease

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