Neurobiology of butyrylcholinesterase

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 131-138

  Darvesh, Sultan ^a   Hopkins, David A ^a   Geula, Changiz ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINE; CHOLINESTERASE; SERINE DEHYDRATASE; ISOENZYME;

CATALYSIS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE; CATALYSIS; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0037318283     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn1035     Document Type: Article

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