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THE cholinesterase activity at the motor end-plate of dystrophic muscle was investigated histochemically by the thiolacetic acid method of Barrnett1, a modification of that of Crevier and Belanger2, which results in deposition of lead sulphide at the reactive site. A relatively quantitative method was developed to study this reaction by utilizing varying concentrations of physostigmine salicylate, a competitive inhibitor of cholinesterase.
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GLASER, G., SEASHORE, M. End-plate Cholinesterase in Dystrophic Muscle. Nature 214, 1351 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2141351a0
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