The Synthesis of Acetylcholine by Acetone Dried Powders from the Brains of Normal Rats and of Thiamine-Deficient Rats

1 September 1962

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Vol. 14 (1) , 37-40
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2042-7158.1962.tb11049.x

Abstract

The rate of synthesis of acetylcholine by rat brains was reduced by thiamine deficiency. There was a reduction in available coenzyme A but not in choline acetylase activity.

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