The spontaneous release of acetylcholine from the denervated hemidiaphragm of the rat
The Journal of PhysiologyPublished 1 January 1963Open access
Jude F. Mitchell, Ann Silver
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It is shown that acetylcholine (ACh) is released from the isolated guinea-pig diaphragm in the absence of nerve stimulation and considered it possible that the resting release might represent the ACh responsible for the production of miniature end-plate potentials (m. p.p.s).
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Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
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