Pseudocholinesterase activity distribution in rat brain: Detection in aged hypothalamus and frontal cortex

Medical Science Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 117-118

  Tsakiris, S ^a   Antoniades, Ch ^a   Marinou, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Ageing; Brain; Frontal cortex; Hypothalamus; Pseudocholinesterase

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT; SUCKLING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE PREPARATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033765866     PISSN: 02698951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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