Fathi MM. Effect of drugs on brain acetylcholine level in Gerbillus pyramidum.
COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. C, COMPARATIVE PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY 1983;
74:15-21. [PMID:
6132759 DOI:
10.1016/0742-8413(83)90140-8]
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Abstract
1. The quantitative estimation of total acetylcholine content in the whole brain tissue in normal Egyptian gerbil Gerbillus pyramidum, gives an average of 1.43 +/- 0.06 micrograms of acetylcholine chloride/g fresh brain tissue. 2. The brain acetylcholine level in Gerbillus pyramidum was generally found to vary with the changes induced in the brain activity by drugs. 3. Depressants caused a increase and convulsants a decrease in total brain acetylcholine level. 4. Phenytoin depressed the brain activity but lowered brain acetylcholine level.
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