Differential distribution of butyrylcholinesterase and acetylcholinesterase in the human thalamus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 463, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-43

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

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Alzheimer; Cholinesterases; Pseudocholinesterase; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULVINAR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; AXONS; BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONS; THALAMUS;

EID: 0037491975     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10751     Document Type: Article

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