Therapeutic potential of α7 nicotinic receptor agonists to regulate neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative diseases

Therapeutic potential of α7 nicotinic receptor agonists to regulate neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative diseases

Neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases, are all characterized by a component of innate immunity called neuroinflammation. Neuronal loss and neuroinflammation are two phenomena closely linked. Hence, the neuroinflammation is a relevant ta...

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Main Authors: Laura Foucault-Fruchard, Daniel Antier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Neural Regeneration Research
Subjects:
α7 nicotinic receptors; cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway; Alzheimer′s disease; Huntington′s disease; Parkinson′s disease; neuroinflammation; neurodegeneration; positive allosteric modulators
Online Access:http://www.nrronline.org/article.asp?issn=1673-5374;year=2017;volume=12;issue=9;spage=1418;epage=1421;aulast=Foucault-Fruchard

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