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What does acetylcholinesterase mean?

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Noun
  1. (biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine into choline and acetic acid.
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Both teas inhibited the activity of the enzyme acetylcholinesterase, which breaks down the chemical messenger, or neurotransmitter, acetylcholine.
Sage oil inhibits an enzyme called acetylcholinesterase, whose normal job is to break down the chemical messenger acetylcholine.
In the absence of acetylcholinesterase, levels of the transmitter acetylcholine increase.
They will be randomized to receive either placebo or one of two different dose levels of Alzhemed? for a period of 18 months, in addition to their regular treatment with one of a number of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors.
A class of medication called acetylcholinesterase inhibitors are prescribed to patients in the mild to moderate stage of the Alzheimer's disease.
Other symptoms, such as decrease in acetylcholinesterase, are more specific to a certain pesticide, for example, ogranophosphate exposure.

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