research grants to KWW and Q S from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC 81573410,31370741, and 21572011);Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2013CB531302).
The a7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (a7 nAChR) is a ligand-gated Ca^2+-permeable homopentameric ion channel implicated in cognition and neuropsychiatric disorders. Pharmacological enhancement of a7 nAChR function ...