Ubiquitous expression of acetylcholine and its biological functions in life forms without nervous systems.

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Published in Life Sci on February 17, 2007

Authors

Koichiro Kawashima1, Hidemi Misawa, Yasuhiro Moriwaki, Yoshihito X Fujii, Takeshi Fujii, Yoko Horiuchi, Tomoya Yamada, Tadayuki Imanaka, Masahiro Kamekura

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pharmacology, Kyoritsu College of Pharmacy, 1-5-30 Shibakoen, Tokyo 105-8512, Japan. kawashima-ki@kyoritsu-ph.ac.jp

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