Acetylcholinesterase activity and molecular isoform distribution are altered after focal cerebral ischemia

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 240-244

  Sáez Valero, Javier ^a   González García, Carmen ^b   Ceña, Valentín ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^b Universidad de Castilla La Mancha   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase molecular forms; Cortex; Disorders of the nervous system; Focal ischemia; Ischemia; MK 801

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ISOENZYME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 1642348564     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(03)00324-3     Document Type: Article

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