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The Effect of Altering the Conditions of the Autonomic Nervous System on the Choline Esterase Level in Human Blood Serum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

Maxwell Shaw Jones
Affiliation:
Royal Edinburgh Hospital
Henry Tod
Affiliation:
Royal Edinburgh Hospital

Extract

Within recent years a great deal of attention has been paid to the question of chemical transmission of nervous impulses, and it has been definitely established by Dale and his co-workers (1, 2, 3) that acetyl choline is the transmitter in the case of the parasympathetic nervous system, and also in part of the sympathetic nervous system.

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Part I.—Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1937 

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