Acetylcholine release and the cholinergic genomic locus

Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-20

  Israël, Maurice ^a   Dunant, Yves ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine release, mediatophore; Choline acetyltransferase; Cholinergic neurons; Gene regulation; Presynaptic proteins; Vesicular acetylcholine transporter

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYTOKINE; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MEDIATOPHORE; NEUROTROPHIN; SYNAPTOBREVIN;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; OPERON; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

EID: 0031855510     PISSN: 08937648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02740600     Document Type: Article

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