Published in Chem Biol on September 01, 2005
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Nicotine activation of alpha4* receptors: sufficient for reward, tolerance, and sensitization. Science (2004) 5.94
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Cis-trans isomerization at a proline opens the pore of a neurotransmitter-gated ion channel. Nature (2005) 3.18
A proposal for a coordinated effort for the determination of brainwide neuroanatomical connectivity in model organisms at a mesoscopic scale. PLoS Comput Biol (2009) 2.88
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Persistent amyloidosis following suppression of Abeta production in a transgenic model of Alzheimer disease. PLoS Med (2005) 2.43
Chronic nicotine cell specifically upregulates functional alpha 4* nicotinic receptors: basis for both tolerance in midbrain and enhanced long-term potentiation in perforant path. J Neurosci (2007) 2.37
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Nicotine binding to brain receptors requires a strong cation-pi interaction. Nature (2009) 2.21
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D2 dopamine receptors colocalize regulator of G-protein signaling 9-2 (RGS9-2) via the RGS9 DEP domain, and RGS9 knock-out mice develop dyskinesias associated with dopamine pathways. J Neurosci (2005) 1.74
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Nicotine is a selective pharmacological chaperone of acetylcholine receptor number and stoichiometry. Implications for drug discovery. AAPS J (2009) 1.68
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GABA transporter-1 (GAT1)-deficient mice: differential tonic activation of GABAA versus GABAB receptors in the hippocampus. J Neurophysiol (2003) 1.60
Number, density, and surface/cytoplasmic distribution of GABA transporters at presynaptic structures of knock-in mice carrying GABA transporter subtype 1-green fluorescent protein fusions. J Neurosci (2002) 1.58
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Electrostatic contributions of aromatic residues in the local anesthetic receptor of voltage-gated sodium channels. Circ Res (2007) 1.50
The prototoxin lynx1 acts on nicotinic acetylcholine receptors to balance neuronal activity and survival in vivo. Neuron (2006) 1.46
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Novel seizure phenotype and sleep disruptions in knock-in mice with hypersensitive alpha 4* nicotinic receptors. J Neurosci (2005) 1.42
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GABA transporter deficiency causes tremor, ataxia, nervousness, and increased GABA-induced tonic conductance in cerebellum. J Neurosci (2005) 1.41
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Analysis of gene expression profiles of microdissected cell populations indicates that testicular carcinoma in situ is an arrested gonocyte. Cancer Res (2009) 1.35
A fluorophore attached to nicotinic acetylcholine receptor beta M2 detects productive binding of agonist to the alpha delta site. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2004) 1.34
Generation and evaluation of a large mutational library from the Escherichia coli mechanosensitive channel of large conductance, MscL: implications for channel gating and evolutionary design. J Biol Chem (2003) 1.34
Conformational variability of the glycine receptor M2 domain in response to activation by different agonists. J Biol Chem (2007) 1.31
Rodent A beta modulates the solubility and distribution of amyloid deposits in transgenic mice. J Biol Chem (2007) 1.27
A cation-pi interaction discriminates among sodium channels that are either sensitive or resistant to tetrodotoxin block. J Biol Chem (2007) 1.26
Selective elimination of glutamate activation and introduction of fluorescent proteins into a Caenorhabditis elegans chloride channel. FEBS Lett (2002) 1.25
Chronic nicotine selectively enhances alpha4beta2* nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the nigrostriatal dopamine pathway. J Neurosci (2009) 1.23
Voltage-dependent hydration and conduction properties of the hydrophobic pore of the mechanosensitive channel of small conductance. Biophys J (2006) 1.22
Pentameric ligand-gated ion channel ELIC is activated by GABA and modulated by benzodiazepines. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2012) 1.22
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In vivo incorporation of multiple unnatural amino acids through nonsense and frameshift suppression. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2006) 1.19
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Nicotinic pharmacophore: the pyridine N of nicotine and carbonyl of acetylcholine hydrogen bond across a subunit interface to a backbone NH. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2010) 1.18
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Nicotine responses in hypersensitive and knockout alpha 4 mice account for tolerance to both hypothermia and locomotor suppression in wild-type mice. Physiol Genomics (2007) 1.16
An intersubunit hydrogen bond in the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor that contributes to channel gating. J Biol Chem (2008) 1.14
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A hydrogen bond in loop A is critical for the binding and function of the 5-HT3 receptor. Biochemistry (2008) 1.12
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Five ADNFLE mutations reduce the Ca2+ dependence of the mammalian alpha4beta2 acetylcholine response. J Physiol (2003) 1.11
GABA transporter function, oligomerization state, and anchoring: correlates with subcellularly resolved FRET. J Gen Physiol (2009) 1.10
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Two neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, alpha4beta4 and alpha7, show differential agonist binding modes. J Biol Chem (2011) 1.08
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Nicotine exploits a COPI-mediated process for chaperone-mediated up-regulation of its receptors. J Gen Physiol (2014) 1.07
Establishing an ion pair interaction in the homomeric rho1 gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor that contributes to the gating pathway. J Biol Chem (2007) 1.06
Alpha 4 beta 2* nicotinic acetylcholine receptors modulate the effects of ethanol and nicotine on the acoustic startle response. Alcohol Clin Exp Res (2003) 1.05
Nicotine normalizes intracellular subunit stoichiometry of nicotinic receptors carrying mutations linked to autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy. Mol Pharmacol (2009) 1.05
α6* nicotinic acetylcholine receptor expression and function in a visual salience circuit. J Neurosci (2012) 1.03
Total chemical synthesis and electrophysiological characterization of mechanosensitive channels from Escherichia coli and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2004) 1.03
Probing the role of the cation-pi interaction in the binding sites of GPCRs using unnatural amino acids. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2009) 1.01
Single-molecule imaging of a fluorescent unnatural amino acid incorporated into nicotinic receptors. Biophys J (2009) 1.01