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Further evidence that glycosaminoglycan specific to cholinergic synaptic vesicles recycles during electrical stimulation of the electric organ of Torpedo marmorata

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Semiquantitative immunohistochemical methods were used to demonstrate that at least some of the glycosaminoglycan contained within cholinergic synaptic vesicles is recycled during successive electrical stimulations of the electric organ of Torpedo marmorata.

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  1. Abteilung Neurochemie, Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie, Göttingen, Bundesrepublik Deutschland

    R. Theresa Jones, J. H. Walker, H. Stadler & V. P. Whittaker

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Jones, R.T., Walker, J.H., Stadler, H. et al. Further evidence that glycosaminoglycan specific to cholinergic synaptic vesicles recycles during electrical stimulation of the electric organ of Torpedo marmorata . Cell Tissue Res. 224, 685–688 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00213763

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