Choline acetyltransferase and acetylcholinesterase in the normal, developing and regenerating newt retinas

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 97-109

  Cheon, Eun Woo ^a   Saito, Takehiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Choline acetyltransferase; Development; Regeneration; Retina

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NEWT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; TISSUE REGENERATION;

SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 0032810527     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(99)00080-2     Document Type: Article

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