Publication Date:
1978-10-13
Description:
Consumption of a single meal containing lecithin, the major source of choline occurring naturally in the diet, increased the concentrations of choline and acetylcholine in rat brain and adrenal gland. Hence, the concentration of acetylcholine in the tissues may normally be under direct, short-term nutritional control.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hirsch, M J -- Wurtman, R J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1978 Oct 13;202(4364):223-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/694529" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Acetylcholine/blood/*metabolism
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Adrenal Glands/*metabolism
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Animals
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Brain/*metabolism
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Choline/blood/*metabolism
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Diet
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Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced/diet therapy
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Male
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Phosphatidylcholines/*metabolism/therapeutic use
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Rats
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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