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Synthesis and Storage of Acetylcholine in Cholinergic Nerve Terminals

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Metabolic Compartmentation and Neurotransmission

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Cholinergic neurons are widely distributed in nature, being represented, to a greater or lesser extent, in the nervous systems of all phyla from the platyhelminthes (flat worms) to the vertebrates. In the mammals, where the nervous system is highly developed, cholinergic neurons are present in the brain, in all preganglionic and many postganglionic fibers of the autonomic nervous system, and at the periphery where they innervate skeletal muscle. Most of our present knowledge concerning the general biochemical organization of the cholinergic neuron has come from studies with vertebrates—particularly mammals.

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Dowdall, M.J. (1975). Synthesis and Storage of Acetylcholine in Cholinergic Nerve Terminals. In: Berl, S., Clarke, D.D., Schneider, D. (eds) Metabolic Compartmentation and Neurotransmission. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4319-6_36

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