Acetylcholine in isolated airways of rat, guinea pig, and human: Species differences in role of airway mucosa

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 5 14-5, 1996, Pages

  Reinheimer, T ^b   Bernedo, P ^b   Klapproth, H ^b   Oelert, H ^b   Zeiske, B ^b   Racke K ^b   Wessler, I ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

airways; choline acetyltransferase; surface epithelium; synthesis and storage of acetylcholine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BROMOACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

AIRWAY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRACHEA;

EID: 0029898794     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.1996.270.5.l722     Document Type: Article

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