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Rate of acetylcholine release from the cerebral cortex in relation to its physiological activity.

Since the demonstration of the presence of acetylcholine in the animal body by Dale and Dudley in 1929 (20) an extensive and complex amount of experimental work has been done to determine the role of ACh in neurophysiological processes. In 1933 Dale (19) coined the terms cholinergic and adrenergic to describe nerve fibres which act by release of either ACh or noradrenaline and adrenaline. He suggested using the terms cholinoceptive and adrenoceptive to denote sensitivity to the two transmitter substances. [...]

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.116832
Date January 1965
CreatorsCelesia, Gastone G.
ContributorsJasper, H. (Supervisor), Rasmussen, Theodore., McNaughton, Francis., Wolfe, Leonhard.
PublisherMcGill University
Source SetsLibrary and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
Formatapplication/pdf
CoverageMaster of Science. (Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery. )
RightsAll items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated.
Relationalephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library.

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