Cholinergic neurons and terminal fields revealed by immunohistochemistry for the vesicular acetylcholine transporter. I. Central nervous system

MKH Schäfer, LE Eiden, E Weihe - Neuroscience, 1998 - Elsevier
Antibodies directed against the C-terminus of the rat vesicular acetylcholine transporter mark
expression of this specifically cholinergic protein in perinuclear regions of the soma and on …

Distribution of the putative vesicular transporter for acetylcholine in the rat central nervous system

A Roghani, A Shirzadi, LL Butcher, RH Edwards - Neuroscience, 1997 - Elsevier
In order to develop another selective marker for cholinergic cell bodies and fibres, we have
raised a highly specific polyclonal antibody against a peptide derived from the C-terminus of …

Cholinergic neurons and terminal fields revealed by immunohistochemistry for the vesicular acetylcholine transporter. II. The peripheral nervous system

MKH Schäfer, LE Eiden, E Weihe - Neuroscience, 1998 - Elsevier
The peripheral sympathetic and parasympathetic cholinergic innervation was investigated
with antibodies directed against the C-terminus of the rat vesicular acetylcholine transporter …

Visualization of the vesicular acetylcholine transporter in cholinergic nerve terminals and its targeting to a specific population of small synaptic vesicles.

E Weihe, JH Tao-Cheng, MK Schäfer… - Proceedings of the …, 1996 - National Acad Sciences
Immunohistochemical visualization of the rat vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT) in
cholinergic neurons and nerve terminals has been compared to that for choline …

Localization of two cholinergic markers, choline acetyltransferase and vesicular acetylcholine transporter in the central nervous system of the rat: in situ hybridization …

T Ichikawa, K Ajiki, J Matsuura, H Misawa - Journal of chemical …, 1997 - Elsevier
Choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) and vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT) are
proteins that are required for cholinergic neurotransmission. Present knowledge concerning …

Distribution of the vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT) in the central and peripheral nervous systems of the rat

MKH Schäfer, E Weihe, H Varoqui, LE Eiden… - Journal of Molecular …, 1994 - Springer
Expression of the acetylcholine biosynthetic enzyme choline acetyltransferase (ChAT), the
vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT), and the high-affinity plasma membrane choline …

Vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT) protein: a novel and unique marker for cholinergic neurons in the central and peripheral nervous systems

ULF Arvidsson, M Riedl, R Elde… - Journal of Comparative …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Acetylcholine (ACh) is synthesized in nerve terminals from choline and acetyl coenzyme A
by the cytoplasmic enzyme choline acetyltransferase (ChAT). The neurotransmitter is …

Human and monkey cholinergic neurons visualized in paraffin-embedded tissues by immunoreactivity for VAChT, the vesicular acetylcholine transporter

MKH Schäfer, E Weihe, JD Erickson… - Journal of Molecular …, 1995 - Springer
The predicted C-terminal dodecapeptide of the human vesicular acetylcholine transporter
(VAChT), deduced from the unique open reading frame of the recently cloned human …

Functional identification of a vesicular acetylcholine transporter and its expression from a “cholinergic” gene locus.

JD Erickson, H Varoqui, MK Schäfer, W Modi… - Journal of Biological …, 1994 - ASBMB
The vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT) has been identified and characterized
based on the acquisition of high affinity vesamicol binding and proton-dependent, vesamicol …

Distribution of the high-affinity choline transporter in the human and macaque monkey spinal cord

Y Kobayashi, T Okuda, Y Fujioka, G Matsumura… - Neuroscience …, 2002 - Elsevier
The distribution of the high-affinity choline transporter (CHT) was determined in the human
and macaque monkey spinal cord using in situ hybridization histochemistry and …