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Effect of pentobarbital on the synaptosomal activity of acetylcholinesterase in Mongolian gerbils

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The influence of Na pentobarbital anesthesia on the activity of specific and nonspecific cholinesterase was studied in the synaptosomal fraction of Mongolian gerbils' brains. These studies have shown that this barbiturate inhibits the specific activity of acetylcholinesterase only.

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  1. Section on Neurocytobiology, Laboratory of Neuropathology and Neuroanatomical Sciences, National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, 20014, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

    D. Micic, J. Micic, I. Klatzo & M. Spatz

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Micic, D., Micic, J., Klatzo, I. et al. Effect of pentobarbital on the synaptosomal activity of acetylcholinesterase in Mongolian gerbils. Experientia 34, 169–170 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01944656

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