Brain choline has a typical precursor profile

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 92, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 235-239

  Löffelholz, Konrad ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE; MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPID;

BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0032105408     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-4257(98)80025-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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