Acetylcholine increase in amniotic fluid of experimental rats for intrauterine growth retardation

Life Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 18-19, 2003, Pages 2145-2149

  Horikoshi, Tsuguhiro ^a,b   Fujii, Takeshi ^c   Kawashima, Koichiro ^c   Sakuragawa, Norio ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amniotic epithelial cells; Choline acetyltransferase; Non neuronal acetylcholine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; AMNION CELL; AMNION FLUID LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; ISCHEMIA; NONHUMAN; RAT; UTERINE BLOOD VESSEL;

EID: 0037470622     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(03)00075-4     Document Type: Article

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