Ethanol alone or with dexamethasone alters the kinetics of choline acetyltransferase

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 313, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 69-72

  Wattanathorn, Jintanaporn ^a,b   Kotchabhakdi, Naiphinich ^a   Casalotti, Stefano O ^a   Baldwin, Basil A ^a   Govitrapong, Piyarat ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Acetyl coenzyme A; Choline acetyltransferase; Dexamethasone; Enzyme affinity; Ethanol; Stress

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; ALCOHOL; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DEXAMETHASONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME KINETICS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030579096     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(96)00601-2     Document Type: Article

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