Nicotine lowers the secretion of the Alzheimer's amyloid β-protein precursor that contains amyloid β-peptide in rat - Utsuki, Tadanobu; Shoaib, Mohammed; Holloway, Harold W.; Ingram, Donald K.; Wallace, William C.; Haroutunian, Vahram; Sambamurti, Kumar; Lahiri, Debomoy K.; Greig, Nigel H. (Journal of Alzheimer's disease, 2002)
Keywords: Alzheimer Disease - drug therapy; Alzheimer Disease - metabolism; Amyloid beta-Peptides - antagonists & inhibitors; Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor - antagonists & inhibitors; Animals; Ganglionic Stimulants - pharmacology; Ganglionic Stimulants - therapeutic use; Male; Neuroprotective Agents - pharmacology; Neuroprotective Agents - therapeutic use; Nicotine - pharmacology; Nicotine - therapeutic use; Rats; Rats, Inbred F344; Receptors, Muscarinic - drug effects; Receptors, Nicotinic - drug effects; Nicotine drug abuse; amyloid; Alzheimer's dementia; neuroprotection; cholinergic system; smoking; β-peptide; scopolamine