Before revision:  We hypothesized that agonism on \alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor ( \alpha 7nAChR ) in fetal astrocytes will augment their neuroprotective transcriptome profile, while the antagonistic stimulation of \alpha 7nAChR will achieve the opposite.
After revision:  We hypothesized that agonism on \alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor ( 7nAChR ) in fetal astrocytes will augment their neuroprotective transcriptome profile, while the antagonistic stimulation of \alpha 7nAChR will achieve the opposite.