Tags: Protein.
Cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 6 also known as CHRNA6 is a human gene which codes for the α6 subunit found in certain types of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors found primarily in the brain. Neural nicotinic acetylcholine receptors containing α6 subunits are expressed on dopamine-releasing neurons in the midbrain and dopamine release following activation of these neurons is thought to be involved in the addictive properties of nicotine.