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Alfred Maelicke is a researcher affiliated with Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Germany.

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Best Publications

  • Properties of Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors: Pharmacological Characterization and Modulation of Synaptic Function,

    Edson X. Albuquerque;Manickavasagom Alkondon;Edna F. R. Pereira;Newton G. Castro

  • Choline is a Selective Agonist of α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in the Rat Brain Neurons

    M. Alkondon;E. F. R. Pereira;W. S. Cortes;W. S. Cortes;A. Maelicke

  • Galantamine Is an Allosterically Potentiating Ligand of Neuronal Nicotinic but Not of Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptors

    Marek Samochocki;Anja Höffle;Andreas Fehrenbacher;Ruth Jostock

  • Allosteric sensitization of nicotinic receptors by galantamine, a new treatment strategy for Alzheimer's disease.

    Alfred Maelicke;Marek Samochocki;Ruth Jostock;Andreas Fehrenbacher

  • Agonist responses of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are potentiated by a novel class of allosterically acting ligands.

    A. Schrattenholz;E. F. R. Pereira;U. Roth;K.-H. Weber

  • Allosteric modulation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors as a treatment strategy for Alzheimer's disease.

    Alfred Maelicke;Edson X Albuquerque

  • Unconventional ligands and modulators of nicotinic receptors.

    Edna F.R. Pereira;Corey Hilmas;Mariton D. Santos;Mariton D. Santos;Manickavasagom Alkondon

  • Three-dimensional structure of the "long" neurotoxin from cobra venom.

    Malcolm D. Walkinshaw;Wolfram Saenger;Alfred Maelicke

  • Selective blockage of voltage-dependent K+ channels by a novel scorpion toxin.

    Emilio Carbone;Enzo Wanke;Gianfranco Prestipino;Lourival D. Possani

  • Memantine Blocks α7* Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors More Potently Than N-Methyl-D-aspartate Receptors in Rat Hippocampal Neurons

    Yasco Aracava;Edna F. R. Pereira;Alfred Maelicke;Edson X. Albuquerque

  • The Nicotinic Allosteric Potentiating Ligand Galantamine Facilitates Synaptic Transmission in the Mammalian Central Nervous System

    Máriton D. Santos;Manickavasagom Alkondon;Edna F. R. Pereira;Yasco Aracava

  • Evaluating the suitability of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antibodies for standard immunodetection procedures

    N. Moser;N. Mechawar;I. Jones;A. Gochberg-Sarver

  • Expression of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits in the cerebral cortex in Alzheimer's disease: histotopographical correlation with amyloid plaques and hyperphosphorylated-tau protein.

    A. Wevers;L. Monteggia;S. Nowacki;W. Bloch

  • Nicotinic cholinoceptive neurons of the frontal cortex are reduced in Alzheimer's disease.

    Hannsjo¨rg Schro¨der;Ezio Giacobini;Robert G. Struble;Karl Zilles

  • Nicotinic Receptor Function in the Mammalian Central Nervous Systema

    Edson X. Albuquerque;Edson X. Albuquerque;Edna F. R. Pereira;Edna F. R. Pereira;Newton G. Castro;Newton G. Castro;Manickavasagom Alkondon

  • Galantamine-induced Amyloid-β Clearance Mediated via Stimulation of Microglial Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors

    Kazuyuki Takata;Yoshihisa Kitamura;Mana Saeki;Maki Terada

  • Galantamine is an allosterically potentiating ligand of the human alpha4/beta2 nAChR.

    M. Samochocki;M. Zerlin;R. Jostock;P. J. Groot Kormelink

  • Diversity of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in rat brain. V. alpha-Bungarotoxin-sensitive nicotinic receptors in olfactory bulb neurons and presynaptic modulation of glutamate release.

    M Alkondon;E S Rocha;A Maelicke;E X Albuquerque

  • Identification and functional characterization of a new agonist site on nicotinic acetylcholine receptors of cultured hippocampal neurons.

    E. F. R. Pereira;S. Reinhardt-Maelicke;A. Schrattenholz;A. Maelicke

  • Allosterically potentiating ligands of nicotinic receptors as a treatment strategy for Alzheimer's disease.

    Alfred Maelicke;Andre Schrattenholz;Marek Samochocki;Martin Radina

Frequent Co-Authors

Edson X. Albuquerque
Edson X. Albuquerque University of Maryland, Baltimore
Hannsjörg Schröder
Hannsjörg Schröder University of Cologne
Friedrich Cramer
Friedrich Cramer Max Planck Society
Jon Lindstrom
Jon Lindstrom University of Pennsylvania
Howard M. Eisenberg
Howard M. Eisenberg University of Maryland, Baltimore
Lourival D. Possani
Lourival D. Possani National Autonomous University of Mexico
Stefan Reuss
Stefan Reuss Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Lisa M. Monteggia
Lisa M. Monteggia Vanderbilt University
Robert G. Struble
Robert G. Struble Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Richard J. Lewis
Richard J. Lewis University of Queensland

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