Stimulation of central cholinergic neurons by (-) clausenamide in vitro

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 332-336

  Duan, Wen Zhen ^a   Zhang, Jun Tian ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Atarabine; Cerebral cortex; Choline acetyltransferase; Clausenamide; Cultured cells; Frontal lobe

Indexed keywords

CLAUSENAMIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; DRUG EFFECT; FETUS; FRONTAL CORTEX; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FETUS; FRONTAL LOBE; LACTAMS; LIGNANS; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; RATS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 2642615382     PISSN: 02539756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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