title: [A perspective on acetylcholine].
abstract: This special issue is focused on acetylcholine to mark the hundredth year since its discovery by Dr. Henry Hallett Dale. Some readers may be of the opinion that the available literature on acetylcholine is quite vast and, therefore, there is no scope for more interesting findings. However, when we consider the significance of its physiological roles and discuss its involvement in many severe diseases, acetylcholine remains an intriguing molecule worth to be kept in mind.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mori
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000266:history* / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic / Q000378:metabolism; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic; D000109:Acetylcholine