Increased activity of choline acetyltransferase and acetylcholinesterase in actively epileptic human cerebral cortex

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 227-231

  Kish, Stephen J ^a,b   Olivier, André ^a,b   Dubeau, François ^a,b   Robitaille, Yves ^a,b   Sherwin, Allan L ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Acetylcholinesterase; Choline acetyltransferase; Epilepsy surgery; Focal epilepsy; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MALE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0023934520     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0920-1211(88)90012-5     Document Type: Article

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