Depletion of choline acetyltransferase activity but preservation of Ml and M2 muscarinic receptor binding sites in temporal cortex following head injury: A preliminary human postmortem study

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 181-187

  Dewar, Deborah ^a   Graham, David I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choline acetyltransferase; Human; Muscarinic binding; Postmortem

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MUSCARINIC M1 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BINDING SITE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

AGED; ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; BRAIN INJURIES; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTOR, MUSCARINIC M1; RECEPTOR, MUSCARINIC M2; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; REFERENCE VALUES; SKULL FRACTURES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0029940165     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.1996.13.181     Document Type: Article

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