Electron microscopic localization of acetylcholinesterase activity in the central nervous system: Chemical basis of catalytic activity of Hatchett's brown (cupric ferrocyanide) precipitate revealed by 3, 3'- diaminobenzidine

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 67-70

  Tsuji, Shigeru ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Cytochemistry; Electron microscopy; Hanker's method; Kamovsky's method; Reaction mechanism; Tago's method

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; DIAMINOBENZIDINE; FERROCYANIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MODIFICATION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; RAT; REACTION ANALYSIS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031957416     PISSN: 00155586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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