The Scientist : Non-classical role for acetylcholinesterase [3/1/2002]

Non-classical role for acetylcholinesterase

Email: Tudor Toma - t.toma@ic.ac.uk
News from The Scientist 2002, 3(1):20020103-03

3 January 2002

Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is a major neurotransmitter in the nervous system that has also been identified in embryos where its function remains unclear. In 2 January online Nature Neuroscience, Martine Behra and colleagues from Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Strasbourg, France show that ACh is required for neuronal and muscular development in the zebrafish embryo.

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