Publications of V. P. Whittaker

Whittaker, V. P.: How the cholinesterases got their modern names. Chemico-Biological Interactions 187 (1-3), pp. 23 - 26 (2010)

Whittaker, V. P.: Some currently neglected aspects of cholinergic function. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience 40 (1-2), pp. 7 - 11 (2010)

Whittaker, V. P.: Arcachon and cholinergic transmission. Journal of Physiology 92, pp. 53 - 57 (1998)

Kelic, S.; Fagerstedt, P.; Whittaker, V. P.; Kristensson, K.: Interferon-gamma alters nerve-induced redistribution of acetylcholine receptors in cultured rat skeletal muscle cells. Brain Research Bulletin 43 (2), pp. 155 - 161 (1997)

Whittaker, V. P.; Kelic, S.: Cholinergic-specific glycoconjugates. Neurochemical Research 20 (11), pp. 1377 - 1387 (1995)

Whittaker, V. P.: Inhibitory mechanisms and clinical applications of anticholinesterases: Chairmans remarks. Biochemical Society Transactions 22 (3), pp. 729 - 735 (1994)

Derrington, E. A.; Kelic, S.; Whittaker, V. P.: A novel cholinergic-specific antigen (Chol-2) in mammalian brain. Brain Research 620 (1), pp. 16 - 23 (1993)

Borroni, E.; Derrington, E. A.; Whittaker, V. P.: Distribution of the cholinergic-specific antigen Chol-1 in mouse spinal cord neurons developing in culture. Developmental Brain Research 71 (2), pp. 247 - 252 (1993)

Whittaker, V. P.; Derrington, E. A.; Borroni, E.: Chol-1 is a cholinergic marker in the human central nervous system. NeuroReport 3 (4), pp. 341 - 344 (1992)

Derrington, E. A.; Gahwiler, B. H.; Whittaker, V. P.: Nerve growth factor enhances the expression of the cholinergic-specific ganglioside Chol-1 in cocultures of rat septum and hippocampus. Journal of Neurochemistry 55 (6), pp. 2132 - 2134 (1990)

Giuliani, A.; Calappi, E.; Borroni, E.; Whittaker, V. P.; Sonnino, S.; Tettamanti, G.: Further studies on the gangliosidic nature of the cholinergic-specific antigen, Chol-1. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 280 (1), pp. 211 - 216 (1990)

Whittaker, V. P.: Cholinergic synaptic vesicles are metabolically and biophysically heterogeneous even in resting terminals. Brain Research 511 (1), pp. 113 - 121 (1990)

Shaw, C.; Whittaker, V. P.; Agoston, D. V.: Characterization of gastrin-releasing peptide immunoreactivity in distinct storage particles in guinea pig myenteric and Torpedo electromotor neurones. Peptides 11 (1), pp. 69 - 74 (1990)

Whittaker, V. P.: The contribution of drugs and toxins to understanding of cholinergic function. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences 11 (1), pp. 8 - 13 (1990)

Whittaker, V. P.: The cell and molecular biology of the cholinergic synapse: Twenty years of progress. Progress in Brain Research 84, pp. 419 - 436 (1990)

Derrington, E.A.; Masco, D.; Whittaker, V. P.: Confirmation of the cholinergic specificity of the Chol-1 gangliosides in mammalian brain using affinity-purified antisera and lesions affecting the cholinergic input to the hippocampus. Journal of Neurochemistry 53 (6), pp. 1686 - 1692 (1989)

Whittaker, V. P.: Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) as a cholinergic co-transmitter: some recent results. Cell Biology International Reports 13 (12), pp. 1039 - 1051 (1989)

Agoston, D.; Dowe, G.; Whittaker, V. P.: Isolation and characterization of secretory granules storing a vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-like peptide in Torpedo cholinergic electromotor neurones. Journal of Neurochemistry 52 (6), pp. 1729 - 1740 (1989)

Agoston, D.; Fahrenkrug, J.; Mikkelsen, J. D.; Whittaker, V. P.: A peptide with N-terminal histidine and C-terminal isoleucine amide (PHI) and vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) are copackaged in myenteric neurones of the guinea pig ileum. Peptides 10 (3), pp. 571 - 573 (1989)

Agoston, D.; Whittaker, V. P.: Characterization, by size, density, osmotic fragility, and immunoaffinity, of acetylcholine- and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-containing storage particles from myenteric neurones of the guinea-pig. Journal of Neurochemistry 52 (5), pp. 1474 - 1480 (1989)