Expression of acetylcholine in lymphocytes and modulation of an independent lymphocytic cholinergic activity by immunological stimulation

Advances in Neuroregulation and Neuroprotection

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 748-761

  Fujii, Takeshi ^a   Watanabe, Yoshihiro ^a   Fujimoto, Kazuko ^a   Kawashima, Koichiro ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; CD4+ T cell; CD8+ T cell; Choline acetyltransferase; Muscarinic receptor; Nicotinic receptor

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EID: 84864084820     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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