Human brain nicotinic receptors, their distribution and participation in neuropsychiatric disorders

Current Drug Targets. CNS and Neurological Disorders
A J GrahamJ A Court

Abstract

Mapping of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) subtypes and subunits in human brain is far from complete, however it is clear that multiple subunits are present (including alpha3, alpha4, alpha5, alpha6 and alpha7, beta2, alpha3 and beta4) and that these receptors are not solely distributed on neurones, but also on cerebral vasculature and astrocytes. It is important to elucidate subunit composition of receptors associated with different cell types and pathways within the human CNS in terms of potential nicotinic therapy for a range of both developmental and age-related disorders in which nAChR attenuation occurs. Reductions in nAChRs are reported in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, dementia with Lewy bodies, schizophrenia and autism, but may not be associated with reduced cortical cholinergic innervation observed in vascular dementia or occur at an early stage in Down's syndrome. Changes in nAChR expression in neuropsychiatric disorders appear to be brain region and subtype specific and have been shown in some instances to be associated with pathology and symptomatology. It is likely that deficits in alpha4-containing receptors predominate in cortical areas in Alzheimer's disease and autism, whereas reduction of alph...Continue Reading

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