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acetylcholine transporter

Known as: Acetylcholine Transporter, Vesicular, Vesicular Acetylcholine Transport Proteins, VAChT Proteins 
Vesicular amine transporter proteins that transport the neurotransmitter ACETYLCHOLINE into small SECRETORY VESICLES. Proteins of this family contain… (More)
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acetylcholine transporter
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
The vesicular glutamate transporter VGLUT3 synergizes striatal acetylcholine tone
Three subtypes of vesicular transporters accumulate glutamate into synaptic vesicles to promote its vesicular release. One of the… (More)
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Specification of motoneurons from human embryonic stem cells
An understanding of how mammalian stem cells produce specific neuronal subtypes remains elusive. Here we show that human… (More)
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Precise localization of alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors on glutamatergic axon terminals in the rat ventral tegmental area.
Alpha7 neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) constitute one of the predominant nAChR subtypes in the mammalian… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Vesicular localization and activity-dependent trafficking of presynaptic choline transporters.
Presynaptic synthesis of acetylcholine (ACh) requires a steady supply of choline, acquired by a plasma membrane, hemicholinium-3… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Molecular cloning and functional identification of mouse vesicular glutamate transporter 3 and its expression in subsets of novel excitatory neurons.
We have cloned and functionally characterized a third isoform of a vesicular glutamate transporter (VGLUT3) expressed on synaptic… (More)
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT) protein: a novel and unique marker for cholinergic neurons in the central and peripheral nervous systems.
Acetylcholine (ACh) is synthesized in nerve terminals from choline and acetyl coenzyme A by the cytoplasmic enzyme choline… (More)
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1997
1997
Vesicular acetylcholine transporter density and Alzheimer's disease.
We have evaluated the vesamicol analogue meta-[125I]iodobenzyltrozamicol {(+)-[125I]MIBT} as a probe to assess cholinergic… (More)
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1997
1997
Expression of a Putative Vesicular Acetylcholine Transporter Facilitates Quantal Transmitter Packaging
A putative vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT) was overexpressed in developing Xenopus spinal neurons by injection of rat… (More)
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1996
1996
Active transport of acetylcholine by the human vesicular acetylcholine transporter.
The characteristics of ATP-dependent transport of acetylcholine (ACh) in homogenates of pheochromocytoma (PC-12) cells stably… (More)
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Functional identification of a vesicular acetylcholine transporter and its expression from a "cholinergic" gene locus.
The vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT) has been identified and characterized based on the acquisition of high affinity… (More)
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