Pharmacologic activation of cholinergic alpha7 nicotinic receptors mitigates depressive-like behavior in a mouse model of chronic stress

Abstract Background It has been shown that chronic stress-induced depression is associated with exaggerated inflammatory response in the brain. Alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (α7nAChRs) regulate the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway, but the role of cholinergic signaling and α7nAChR in...

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Main Authors: Dan Zhao, Xulin Xu, Linna Pan, Wei Zhu, Xiaopei Fu, Lianjun Guo, Qing Lu, Jian Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:Journal of Neuroinflammation
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12974-017-1007-2