A Vanderbilt University patent discloses new muscarinic M4 receptor positive allosteric modulators and agonists reported to be useful for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, pain, schizophrenia, ...
The pharmacotherapy of schizophrenia is currently dominated by atypical antipsychotics that primarily target dopaminergic signalling, the dysregulation of which has long been considered to have a ...
The drug – a selective muscarinic M4 receptor positive allosteric modulator (PAM) – is designed to have limited effect on dopamine neurotransmission, a mechanism thought to contribute to ...
Our recent work (McQuail & Burk, 2006) suggests that cholinergic muscarinic receptors, particularly the muscarinic M1 receptor, are important for mediating the effects of the cortical acetylcholine on ...
The latest candidate to move into phase 2 is NBI-1117568, an oral, selective muscarinic M4 receptor agonist, which is the most advanced candidate in a $2.6 billion alliance with Neurocrine signed ...