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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  and
Henry Tod
Maxwell Shaw Jones
Affiliation:
Royal Edinburgh Hospital
Henry Tod
Affiliation:
Royal Edinburgh Hospital
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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
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 83 , Issue 343 , March 1937 , pp. 202 - 207
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1937 

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