2022
Pharmacological characterization of 5-iodo-A-85380, a β2-selective nicotinic receptor agonist, in mice
Akinola LS, Bagdas D, Alkhlaif Y, Jackson A, Gurdap CO, Rahimpour E, Carroll FI, Papke RL, Damaj MI. Pharmacological characterization of 5-iodo-A-85380, a β2-selective nicotinic receptor agonist, in mice. Journal Of Psychopharmacology 2022, 36: 1280-1293. PMID: 36321267, PMCID: PMC9817006, DOI: 10.1177/02698811221132214.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNicotinic receptor agonistsReceptor agonistNicotinic acetylcholine receptorsLow sensitivityPharmacological characterizationΑ4β2 receptorsNicotine dependenceNicotinic subunitsPlace preferenceΑ4β2 nAChRsAcetylcholine receptorsPartial agonistFull agonistAgonistsDifferential efficacyBehavioral effectsNeurodegenerative diseasesSubtypesPathological conditionsNAChRsPotential targetPotential roleHypothermiaReceptorsΑ6
2018
New Insights on Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors as Targets for Pain and Inflammation: A Focus on α7 nAChRs
Bagdas D, Gurun M, Flood P, Papke R, Damaj M. New Insights on Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors as Targets for Pain and Inflammation: A Focus on α7 nAChRs. Current Neuropharmacology 2018, 16: 415-425. PMID: 28820052, PMCID: PMC6018191, DOI: 10.2174/1570159x15666170818102108.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNicotinic acetylcholine receptorsΑ7 nAChRsAcetylcholine receptorsNeuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptorsPerspective of painChronic pain conditionsTreatment of painRecent animal studiesPain controlPain conditionsSide effectsAnimal studiesTherapeutic targetingPainReceptor typesNAChRsReceptorsInflammationSelective ligandsΑ7Latest findingsTreatmentRecent insightsReviewNicotineCurcumin acts as a positive allosteric modulator of α7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and reverses nociception in mouse models of inflammatory pain
El Nebrisi E, Bagdas D, Toma W, Al Samri H, Brodzik A, Alkhlaif Y, Yang K, Howarth F, Damaj I, Oz M. Curcumin acts as a positive allosteric modulator of α7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and reverses nociception in mouse models of inflammatory pain. Journal Of Pharmacology And Experimental Therapeutics 2018, 365: jpet.117.245068. PMID: 29339457, PMCID: PMC7947331, DOI: 10.1124/jpet.117.245068.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEffect of curcuminPositive allosteric modulatorsMouse modelVisceral painAntinociceptive effectNACh receptorsAcetylcholine receptorsAllosteric modulatorsΑ7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptorVisceral pain modelHuman nicotinic acetylcholine receptorNicotinic acetylcholine receptorsInflammatory painPain modelNociceptive behaviorReceptor agonistSignificant potentiationDependent ClLocomotor activityACh concentrationPainNociceptionReceptorsTonicG proteins
2015
Sex Differences and Drug Dose Influence the Role of the α-7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor in the Mouse Dextran Sodium Sulfate-Induced Colitis Model
AlSharari S, Bagdas D, Akbarali H, Cabral G, Carroll I, Damaj I, Lichtman P. Sex Differences and Drug Dose Influence the Role of the α-7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor in the Mouse Dextran Sodium Sulfate-Induced Colitis Model. The American Journal Of Gastroenterology 2015, 110: s776. DOI: 10.14309/00000434-201510001-01826.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2013
Role of central arginine vasopressin receptors in the analgesic effect of CDP-choline on acute and neuropathic pain
Bagdas D, Yucel-Ozboluk H, Orhan F, Kanat O, Isbil-Buyukcoskun N, Gurun M. Role of central arginine vasopressin receptors in the analgesic effect of CDP-choline on acute and neuropathic pain. Neuroreport 2013, 24: 941-946. PMID: 24089014, DOI: 10.1097/wnr.0000000000000009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCentral AVP receptorsAnalgesic effectAVP V1Pain modelAVP receptorsChronic constriction injury-induced neuropathic pain modelCDP-cholineDifferent pain modelsRandall-Selitto testNeuropathic pain modelAVP V2 receptorsV2 receptor antagonistAVP V2 receptor antagonistArginine vasopressin receptorsNeuropathic painNeuropathic modelsPain modulationIntracerebroventricular injectionPain thresholdReceptor antagonistVasopressin levelsV2 receptorsVasopressin receptorsRatsReceptors