Inhibitors of serine/threonine phosphatases increase membrane-bound choline acetyltransferase activity and enhance acetylcholine synthesis

Brain Research

Volumn 751, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 232-238

  Cooke, Lara J ^a   Rylett, R Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

acetylcholine; choline acetyltransferase; choline transport; cholinergic; phosphoprotein phosphatase

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CALYCULIN; CHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; OKADAIC ACID; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030933683     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01183-3     Document Type: Article

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