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Acetylcholine and Choline in Human Plasma and Red Blood Cells: A Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometric Evaluation

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Cholinergic Mechanisms and Psychopharmacology

Part of the book series: Advances in Behavioral Biology ((ABBI,volume 24))

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Acetylcholine (ACh), although generally considered to be a neurotransmitter substance, may also serve some as yet undetermined functions in a variety of mammalian as well as non-mammalian systems. For example the presence of ACh has been demonstrated in tissues such as spleen, liver, lung, fat, testis, kidney, pancreas and placenta of a variety of species (39, for review) in which a neurotransmitter role for ACh is not clearly evident.

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Hanin, I. et al. (1978). Acetylcholine and Choline in Human Plasma and Red Blood Cells: A Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometric Evaluation. In: Jenden, D.J. (eds) Cholinergic Mechanisms and Psychopharmacology. Advances in Behavioral Biology, vol 24. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3096-7_12

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