The α4β2α5 nicotinic cholinergic receptor in rat brain is resistant to up‐regulation by nicotine in vivo

D Mao, DC Perry, RP Yasuda, BB Wolfe… - Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
We used immunoprecipitation with subunit‐specific antibodies to examine the distribution of
heteromeric neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) that contain the α5 subunit …

Nicotine potentiation of excitatory inputs to ventral tegmental area dopamine neurons

D Mao, K Gallagher, DS McGehee - Journal of Neuroscience, 2011 - Soc Neuroscience
Drug-induced changes in synaptic strength are hypothesized to contribute to appetitive
behavior and addiction. Nicotine, the major addictive substance in tobacco, activates nicotinic …

Chronic nicotine differentially regulates α6-and β3-containing nicotinic cholinergic receptors in rat brain

DC Perry, D Mao, AB Gold, JM McIntosh… - … of Pharmacology and …, 2007 - ASPET
We investigated the effects of chronic nicotine on α6- and β3-containing nicotinic acetylcholine
receptors (nAChRs) in two rat brain regions using three methodological approaches: …

Heterogeneity of nicotinic cholinergic receptors in rat superior cervical and nodose Ganglia

D Mao, RP Yasuda, H Fan, BB Wolfe, KJ Kellar - Molecular pharmacology, 2006 - ASPET
Nicotinic cholinergic receptors (nAChRs) are present in ganglia in the peripheral nervous
system. In autonomic ganglia, they are responsible for fast synaptic transmission, whereas in …

Nicotine and behavioral sensitization

D Mao, DS McGehee - Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 2010 - Springer
Use of tobacco products contributes to hundreds of thousands of premature deaths and untold
millions of dollars in health care costs in this country each year. Nicotine is the principal …

Intermittent nicotine exposure upregulates nAChR s in VTA dopamine neurons and sensitises locomotor responding to the drug

LK Baker, D Mao, H Chi, AP Govind… - European Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Dopaminergic projections from the ventral tegmental area ( VTA ) to the nucleus accumbens
( NA cc) mediate the behavioral and motivational effects of many drugs of abuse, including …

Parallel analyses of somatic mutations in plasma circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) and matched tumor tissues in early-stage breast cancer

…, Y Yin, X Tang, Z Zhao, C Hu, F Liu, J Deng, L Mao… - Clinical Cancer …, 2019 - AACR
Purpose: Early detection and intervention can decrease the mortality of breast cancer
significantly. Assessments of genetic/genomic variants in circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) have …

Clinical types and pathogenic fungus analysis of 468 onychomycosis cases.

MXH Mao XiaoHong, YDY Yao DanYan… - 2015 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Objective: To analyze the pathogenic fungus distribution, clinical types and onset of
onyehomyeosis in people of all ages in Pinghu region. Methods: A retrospective analysis was …

Reduced silanized graphene oxide/epoxy-polyurethane composites with enhanced thermal and mechanical properties

J Lin, P Zhang, C Zheng, X Wu, T Mao, M Zhu… - Applied Surface …, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper describes the synthesis of reduced silanized graphene oxide/epoxy-polyurethane
(EPUAs/R-Si-GEO) composites with enhanced thermal and mechanical properties. …

Two-dimensional carbon graphdiyne: Advances in fundamental and application research

…, C Huang, C Chen, Y Guo, TB Lu, D Wang, L Mao… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Graphdiyne (GDY), a rising star of carbon allotropes, features a two-dimensional all-carbon
network with the cohybridization of sp and sp 2 carbon atoms and represents a trend and …