Acetylcholine detection by a modified HPLC-ED method improves the assessment of cholinergic function in the myenteric plexus of the guinea-pig colon

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 232, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-12

  Giaroni, Cristina ^a   Somaini, Lorenzo ^a   Marino, Franca ^a   Cosentino, Marco ^a   Leoni, Olivia ^a   De Ponti, Fabrizio ^a   Lecchini, Sergio ^a   Frigo, Gianmario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Cholinesterase inhibition; Guinea pig; HPLC ED; Muscarinic autoreceptor; Myenteric plexus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; OXOTREMORINE; PHYSOSTIGMINE; SCOPOLAMINE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COLON; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GUINEA PIG; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NONHUMAN; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; AUTORECEPTORS; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COLON; GUINEA PIGS; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; OXOTREMORINE; PHYSOSTIGMINE; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; SCOPOLAMINE;

EID: 0030881769     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00562-4     Document Type: Article

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