Effect of halothane administration on acetylcholinesterase activity in guinea-pig muscle and brain

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 284, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 101-104

  Lintern, Maxine C ^a   Wetherell, Janet R ^b   Smith, Margaret E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase molecular forms; Anaesthetic; Brain; Halothane; Muscle

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; HALOTHANE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GUINEA PIG; MALE; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; GUINEA PIGS; HALOTHANE; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS;

EID: 0034697061     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)00986-1     Document Type: Article

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