Effects of colchicine application to preganglionic axons on choline acetyltransferase activity and acetylcholine content and release in the superior cervical ganglion

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1033-1041

  Tandon, A ^a,b   Bachoo, M ^a   Weldon, P ^a   Polosa, C ^a   Collier, B ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Cat; Cervical sympathetic trunk; Choline acetyltransferase; Colchicine; Preganglionic axons; Superior cervical ganglion

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COLCHICINE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030059597     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.66031033.x     Document Type: Article

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