Acetylcholinesterase activity in rat thymus after immunostimulation with interleukin β

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 243-248

  Cavallotti, Daniela ^b   Artico, Marco ^b   Cavallotti, Carlo ^a   Iannetti, Giandomenico ^b   Frati, Alessandro ^a  

^a Department of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences ^*  (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

AchE; Immunostimulation; Interleukin ; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; PROTEIN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LYMPH VESSEL; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PARENCHYMA; RAT; THYMUS; VEIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034112933     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(00)80029-1     Document Type: Article

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