Abstract

Intraventricular injection of bromoacetylcholine to rats did not lower brain acetylcholine levels, nor did it inhibit choline acetyltransferase activity. In vitro experiments indicated that bromoacetylcholine can penetrate intact neuronal tissue and inhibit choline acetyltransferase, but that in vivo it is most likely hydrolyzed by cholinesterase before it can exert any inhibitory action. For this reason bromoacetylcholine is unsuitable for in vivo inhibition of choline acetyltransferase.

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