Cocaine potently blocks neuronal α

Authors

Ze-Gang Ma
Nan Jiang
Yuan-Bing Huang
Xiao-Kuang Ma
Jason Brek Eaton
Ming Gao
Yong-Chang Chang
Ronald J. Lukas, Barrow Neurological InstituteFollow
Paul Whiteaker, Barrow Neurological InstituteFollow
Janet Neisewander
Jie Wu, Barrow Neurological InstituteFollow

Department

Neurobiology

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Cocaine is one of the most abused illicit drugs worldwide. It is well known that the dopamine (DA) transporter is its major target; but cocaine also acts on other targets including nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). In this study, we investigated the effects of cocaine on a special subtype of neuronal nAChR, α

Publication Date

2-1-2020

Publication Title

Acta pharmacologica Sinica

ISSN

1745-7254

Volume

41

Issue

2

First Page

163

Last Page

172

PubMed ID

31399700

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1038/s41401-019-0276-y

Recommended Citation

Ma, Ze-Gang; Jiang, Nan; Huang, Yuan-Bing; Ma, Xiao-Kuang; Brek Eaton, Jason; Gao, Ming; Chang, Yong-Chang; Lukas, Ronald J.; Whiteaker, Paul; Neisewander, Janet; and Wu, Jie, "Cocaine potently blocks neuronal α" (2020). Translational Neuroscience. 481.
https://scholar.barrowneuro.org/neurobiology/481