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Deletion of the beta 2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit alters development of tolerance to nicotine and eliminates receptor upregulation.
Psychopharmacology - 1 Mar 2006
McCallum Sarah E, Collins Allan C, Paylor Richard, Marks Michael J
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RATIONALE: Chronic nicotine exposure induces both tolerance and upregulation of [3H]nicotine binding sites in rodent and human brain. However, the mechanism for chronic tolerance is unclear because a direct relationship between tolerance and receptor upregulation is not consistently observed. OBJECTIVES: In the present experiments, the role of beta2* nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) on tolerance...
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