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The release of acetylcholine was measured during field stimulation of the isolated vas deferens of the rat. The rate of release was frequency-dependent; the higher the frequency used, the higher was the amount of acetylcholine released. Tetrodotoxin reduced the release of acetylcholine induced by field stimulation, but pretreatment with 6-hydroxydopamine did not.
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Knoll, J., Somogyi, G.T., Illés, P. et al. Acetylcholine release from isolated vas deferens of the rat. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch. Pharmacol. 274, 198–202 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00501855
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