Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0038441
Disease: Stress Disorders, Traumatic
Stress Disorders, Traumatic
0.010 Biomarker group BEFREE Although several studies indicated a role for cholinergic transmission and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) in anxiety and stress disorder symptomatology, very little is known about the specific contribution of nAChRs to fear extinction OBJECTIVES: In the present study, we examined the effects of inhibition and desensitization of α4β2 nAChRs via a full antagonist (Dihydro-beta-erythroidine (DhβE)) and two α4β2 nAChR partial-agonists (varenicline and sazetidine-A) on contextual fear extinction, locomotor activity, and spontaneous recovery of contextual fear in mice. 29383396 2018