Acetylcholinesterase decrease in the optic lobe after unilateral eye deprivation.
Unilateral eye enucleation in a teleost and a turtle results in progressive AChE decrease in the optic lobe controlateral to the extirpated eye. The final difference reaches 15% in teleost and more than 20% in turtle. No drastic differences in localization, but a rearrangement of histochemical pattern, due to the degeneration of retinal fibres, is noticed.
D000110:Acetylcholinesterase / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D006054:Goldfish; D009799:Ocular Physiological Phenomena; D003336:Tectum Mesencephali / Q000201:enzymology*; D014426:Turtles; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000502:physiology
D000110:Acetylcholinesterase