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. 1939 May;33(5):822–835. doi: 10.1042/bj0330822

Acetylcholine metabolism in the central nervous system

The effects of potassium and other cations on acetylcholine liberation

P J G Mann 1, M Tennenbaum 1, J H Quastel 1
PMCID: PMC1264450  PMID: 16746978

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