In the December 2 Nature Chemical Biology, researchers led by Jeffrey Conn at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, report that they have developed a small molecule that not only boosts the ...

Introduction Studies on human patellar and Achilles tendons have shown that tendon cells not only have the capacity to produce acetylcholine (ACh) but also express muscarinic ACh receptors (mAChRs), ...

postsynaptic nAChRs mediate skeletal muscle contraction at the neuromuscular junction; ganglionic nAChRs are responsible for fast excitatory transmission in the autonomic nervous system; as well as ...

Subtle changes in neurotransmission that occur during Alzheimer’s disease have been tough to track in living people. A new positron emission tomography tracer may change that. In the January 12 ...

Acetylcholine (Ach) is a neurotransmitter that functions in both the central and peripheral nervous systems. It is a non-monoamine subtype, meaning that it does not contain an amino group connected to ...