Cholinergic neurons in the motor areas of the human cerebral cortex

Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 227-231

  Okhotin, V E ^b   Kalinichenko, S G ^b   Motavkin, P A ^a  

^a PACIFIC STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL;

ADULT; AGED; AXONS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC;

EID: 0033091637     PISSN: 00970549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02465331     Document Type: Article

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