Data/hora: 10/06/2024 16:59:43

Provedor de dados: | 42
País: | Brazil
Título: | Neurotransmitter regulation of neural development: acetylcholine and nicotinic receptors
Autores: | TORRÃO,ANDRÉA S.; BRITTO,LUIZ R.G.
Data: | 2002-09-01
Ano: | 2002
Palavras-chave: | Acetylcholine; Development; Neurotransmitters; Nicotine; Nicotinic receptors.
Resumo: | Several neurotransmitter systems have been related to developmental processes during the past decade. In this review, we discuss the evidence that the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors could have an additional function during development that may be unrelated to their role in cholinergic neurotransmission in the vertebrate brain. Both temporal expression data and in vitro and in vivo studies with nicotinic agonists and antagonists have provided direct support for a role of nicotinic receptors in neural developmental processes such as neurite outgrowth and differentiation. A similar picture has emerged for other neurotransmitter and receptor systems as well, which generates a new view of neural processes during both development and mature life.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652002000300008
Editor: | Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Relação: | 10.1590/S0001-37652002000300008
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências  v.74 n.3 2002
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess