Three the approved drugs for Alzheimer’s disease attempt to boost the brain’s supply of acetylcholine, a critical neurotransmitter for cognition that wanes in people with the disease. But might ...
Scientists have found that that activation of cholinergic neurons -- those that release the neurotransmitter acetylcholine -- in two brain stem structures can induce REM sleep in an animal model.
Key components of the non-neuronal cholinergic system (NNCS) including nAChRα7 are strongly expressed in macrophages. The NNCS regulates phagocytosis in macrophages via multiple signaling pathways ...