{"title":"Choline acetyltransferase activity and weight of salivary glands in rats at different ages.","authors":"J Ekström","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The choline acetyltranferase activity underwent marked changes during the life span: in the submaxillaries, the total enzyme activity increased 70-fold from birth up to the age of 3 months and it then remained constant throughout the rest of the observation period, i.e. up to 28-29 months; in the parotids, in contrast, it continued to rise beyond the age of 3 months and the highest value was reached at 24 months. The weights of the glands increased markedly up to 3 months. The gain in weight was less pronounced thereafter.</p>","PeriodicalId":7160,"journal":{"name":"Acta physiologica Scandinavica","volume":"98 2","pages":"185-91"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1976-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Acta physiologica Scandinavica","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The choline acetyltranferase activity underwent marked changes during the life span: in the submaxillaries, the total enzyme activity increased 70-fold from birth up to the age of 3 months and it then remained constant throughout the rest of the observation period, i.e. up to 28-29 months; in the parotids, in contrast, it continued to rise beyond the age of 3 months and the highest value was reached at 24 months. The weights of the glands increased markedly up to 3 months. The gain in weight was less pronounced thereafter.