Nicotine binds molecules called nicotinic acetylcholine receptors to nerve cells in the brain.    From Wordnik.com.  [UCLA Stories] Reference

This receptor, known as the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, increases excitability within in the brain's reward centers.    From Wordnik.com.  [August 15th, 2007] Reference

"This is called a" nicotinic "receptor and we think of it as interacting with nicotine, but it likely has multiple functions in the brain," Hawrot said.    From Wordnik.com.  [WebWire | Recent Headlines] Reference

The alpha-7 receptor is the most enigmatic of the so-called "nicotinic" receptors, so named because nicotine binds to them when it is introduced into the body.    From Wordnik.com.  [WebWire | Recent Headlines] Reference

And prefer the inspiration drawn from sources nicotinic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pipe and Pouch The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry] Reference

For example: Progesterone modulates, among others, nicotinic receptors in the brain.    From Wordnik.com.  [T.S. Wiley: Estrogen Dilemma: There Is No Dilemma When You Know the Details] Reference

Buccafusco thinks the nicotinic floodgates will open once Varenicline hits the market.    From Wordnik.com.  [Get the Buzz Without the Lung Cancer | Impact Lab] Reference

Although devoid of vitamin A, mushrooms make up for this with their high riboflavin, thiamine and nicotinic acids.    From Wordnik.com.  [14: From farm to market] Reference

The TIBS lecture; the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor: an allosteric protein prototype of ligand-gated ion channels.    From Wordnik.com.  [T.S. Wiley: Estrogen Dilemma: There Is No Dilemma When You Know the Details] Reference

It contains water soluble B1, B2, B6, panothenic and nicotinic acids, vitamin C -- as well as high amounts of fat soluble vitamins E, K and A.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dr. Reese Halter: Giving Thanks for Bees] Reference

With so many therapeutic possibilities, the nicotinic drug field is crowded by pharmaceutical companies in various stages of research and development.    From Wordnik.com.  [Get the Buzz Without the Lung Cancer | Impact Lab] Reference

He then went on to study the release of norepinephrine from the adrenergic neurons in the ear artery by cholinergic agonists acting on prejunctional nicotinic receptors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robert F. Furchgott - Autobiography] Reference

Developmental nicotinic currents and nicotinic α4YFP-positive neurons in male and female knock-in mice.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

We find that layer VI pyramidal neurons in mouse prefrontal cortex are excited by nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

The nicotinic inward currents were stimulated by bath application of acetylcholine (1 mM, 30 s) in the presence of atropine.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

We chose this time period for analysis since it is consistent with the development peak for nicotinic currents in male rats.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

More information: Structural determinants in phycotoxins and AChBP conferring high affinity binding and nicotinic AChR antagonism.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

These nicotinic currents in male rats are significantly larger during the first postnatal month when prefrontal circuitry is maturing.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

In FVB mice, nicotinic inward currents in layer VI neurons showed significant developmental regulation as shown by Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference