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This document contains the curation of the review article Nicotinic receptors: allosteric transitions and therapeutic targets in the nervous system by Taly et al. 2009

Amyloid plaques form in the entorhinal cortex of patients with Alzheimer’s disease and this region, which connects the neocortex and the hippocampus, plays a crucial part in memory. it has been suggested that plaques in this region represent the lytic remnants of degenerated, Abeta1–42-burdened pyramidal neurons, and that amyloid internalization depends on alpha7 nAChR mediated Ca2+ entry162. Of interest, chronic nicotine treatment has been shown to reduce the plaque burden in animal models of Alzheimer’s disease123. PubMed:19721446

Amyloid plaques form in the entorhinal cortex of patients with Alzheimer’s disease and this region, which connects the neocortex and the hippocampus, plays a crucial part in memory. it has been suggested that plaques in this region represent the lytic remnants of degenerated, Abeta1–42-burdened pyramidal neurons, and that amyloid internalization depends on alpha7 nAChR mediated Ca2+ entry162. Of interest, chronic nicotine treatment has been shown to reduce the plaque burden in animal models of Alzheimer’s disease123. PubMed:19721446