Nicotine prevents alpha-synuclein accumulation in mouse and human iPSC-derived dopaminergic neurons through activation of the dopamine D3- acetylcholine nicotinic receptor heteromer

We recently found that in mouse dopaminergic neurons, the heteromer formed by the dopamine D3 receptor (D3R) and the β2 subunit of acetylcholine nicotinic receptor (nAChR) exerts neurotrophic effects when activated by nicotine, leading to neurons with enlarged cell bodies and increased dendrite arbo...

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Main Authors: Federica Bono, Veronica Mutti, Paola Savoia, Alessandro Barbon, Arianna Bellucci, Cristina Missale, Chiara Fiorentini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-09-01
Series:Neurobiology of Disease
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996119301068