Acetylcholine synthesis by choline acetyltransferase of a peripheral type as demonstrated in adult rat dorsal root ganglion

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1607-1618

  Bellier, Jean Pierre ^a   Kimura, Hiroshi ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Acetyltransferase; Dorsal root ganglion; mRNA; Neuron; Splice variant

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL GANGLION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; MALE; RATS;

RATTUS;

EID: 34249797571     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.04458.x     Document Type: Article

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