Uniformity in cholinesterase distribution in M. brachialis of different birds
Nene, R.V.
Acta Physiologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 52(1): 59-61
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-6756 PMID: 754487 Document Number: 126100
Cholinesterase activity at the motor end-plates was studied histochemically in the brachialis muscle of a variety of birds including Bubulcus ibis, Ibis leucocephalus, Milvus migrans, Gyps bengalensis, Streptopetia senegalensis, Psittacula krameri, Eudynamys scolopacea, Apus affinis, Merops orientalis, Corvus splendens, Turdoides caudatus, Pycnonotus cafer, Nectarinia asiatica, Passer domesticus and Acridotheres tristis. In every case the enzyme reacted more strongly with propionyl and acetyl thiocholine than with butyryl salt. The fibers were supplied through en grappe nerve endings. Each fiber had several such endings located along its length.