Termination and beyond: Acetylcholinesterase as a modulator of synaptic transmission

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 326, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 655-669

  Zimmerman, Gabriel ^a   Soreq, Hermona ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Alternate promoters; Alternative splicing; Synapse adherence; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; DIMER; MONOMER; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TETRAMER;

CELL MEMBRANE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYDROLYSIS; MEMORY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MEMORY; NEURITES; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33748932546     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-006-0239-8     Document Type: Review

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