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Studies about the specificity of the histochemical localization of choline acetyltransferase

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    Tissues examined for the histochemical localization of choline acetyltransferase are best fixed by acetone.

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    Topographical identification of choline acetyltransferase by its reaction products is not only substrate-dependent because a slight staining also occurred in the absence of the substrates choline and acetyl-coenzyme in the incubation medium.

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    Histochemical localization of choline acetyltransferase was inhibited by sarin but not by DFP or eserine.

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    According to Burt and Silver's method cells and cell organelles, of which the enzymatic content is doubtful, were stained.

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    Chloroacetylcholine-perchlorate did not inhibit the histochemical localization of choline acetyltransferase.

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    The staining of acetylcholinesterase showed a different topographical distribution although both methods were inhibited by sarin.

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    Claudia Lebbin & Peter G. Waser

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Dedicated to Prof. Dr. Gian Töndury, Zürich, on his 70th anniversary.

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Lebbin, C., Waser, P.G. Studies about the specificity of the histochemical localization of choline acetyltransferase. Histochemistry 45, 309–317 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00492633

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