THE ROLE OF ACETYLCHOLINE AS A NEUROTROPHIC TRANSMITTER*

Annals of the New York Academy of SciencesVolume 228, Issue 1 p. 160-175 THE ROLE OF ACETYLCHOLINE AS A NEUROTROPHIC TRANSMITTER* Daniel B. Drachman, Daniel B. Drachman Department of Neurology The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Hospital Baltimore, Maryland 21205Search for more papers by this author Daniel B. Drachman, Daniel B. Drachman Department of Neurology The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Hospital Baltimore, Maryland 21205Search for more papers by this author First published: March 1974 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1974.tb20508.xCitations: 60 * This study was supported by National Institutes of Health grant HD-04817. 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