Chronic stimulation increases acetylcholinesterase activity in old Aplysia

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 203-210

  Peretz, Bertram ^a   Srivatsan, Malathi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

acetylcholinesterase; age; autonomic ganglia; central nervous system; gill reflex; long term sensory stimulation; serum; substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC GANGLION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030271639     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-4328(96)00037-X     Document Type: Article

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