FRONTIERS IN BIOSCIENCE PRESENTS

THE SPECIAL ISSUE


NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS IN ADULT AND DEVELOPING BRAIN

Managing Editor: Ursula Winzer-Serhan

  

 
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Evidence for a role of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in schizophrenia
Catherine E. Adams, Karen E. Stevens

[Frontiers in Bioscience 12, 4755-4772, May 1, 2007]

Beta-amyloid peptide - nicotinic acetylcholine receptor interaction: the two faces of health and disease

Kelly T. Dineley
[Frontiers in Bioscience 12, 5030-5038, September 1, 2007]

Naturally occurring genetic variability in the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha4 and alpha7 subunit genes and phenotypic diversity in humans and mice
Jerry A. Stitzel

[Frontiers in Bioscience 13, 477-491, January 1, 2008]

Neuroprotection via nAChRs: the role of nAChRs in neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease
Marina R. Picciotto, Michele Zol

[Frontiers in Bioscience 13, 492-504, January 1, 2008]

Gender differences in tobacco smoking dynamics and the neuropharmacological actions of nicotine
James R. Pauly

[Frontiers in Bioscience 13, 505-516, January 1, 2008]

Long-term consequences of maternal smoking and developmental chronic nicotine exposure
Ursula H. Winzer-Serhan

[Frontiers in Bioscience 13, 636-649, January 1, 2008]

Structural answers and persistent questions about how nicotinic receptors work
Gregg B. Wells

[Frontiers in Bioscience 5479-5510, May 1, 2008]