Victor P. Whittaker - Publications

Affiliations: 
1951-1955 Neurochemistry University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 
 1955-1966 Agricultural Research Council Institute of Animal Physiology, Cambridge 
 1966-1973 University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom 
 1973-1987 Max-Planck-Institut für biophysikalische Chemie, Göttingen, Göttingen, Niedersachsen, Germany 
Area:
neurochemistry

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2010 Whittaker VP. How the cholinesterases got their modern names. Chemico-Biological Interactions. 187: 23-6. PMID 20206153 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2010.02.041  0.192
2010 Whittaker VP. Some currently neglected aspects of cholinergic function. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience : Mn. 40: 7-11. PMID 19787460 DOI: 10.1007/s12031-009-9247-y  0.223
2007 Whittaker VP. Foreword Exploring the Vertebrate Central Cholinergic Nervous System. v-vi. DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-46526-5  0.265
1998 Whittaker VP. Arcachon and cholinergic transmission. Journal of Physiology, Paris. 92: 53-7. PMID 9782444 DOI: 10.1016/S0928-4257(98)80138-1  0.278
1997 Kelić S, Fagerstedt P, Whittaker VP, Kristensson K. Interferon-gamma alters nerve-induced redistribution of acetylcholine receptors in cultured rat skeletal muscle cells. Brain Research Bulletin. 43: 155-61. PMID 9222528 DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(96)00431-5  0.224
1995 Whittaker VP, Kelić S. Cholinergic-specific glycoconjugates. Neurochemical Research. 20: 1377-87. PMID 8786825 DOI: 10.1007/BF00992514  0.274
1994 Whittaker VP. Inhibitory mechanisms and clinical applications of anticholinesterases. Biochemical Society Transactions. 22: 729-35. PMID 7821674  0.216
1993 Rícný J, Whittaker VP. Vesamicol blocks the recovery, by recycling cholinergic electromotor synaptic vesicles, of the biophysical characteristics of the reserve population. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta. 1148: 234-8. PMID 8504117 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(93)90134-L  0.437
1993 Derrington EA, Whittaker VP. The cholinergic marker Chol-1 is selectively localized in nerve terminals. Neuroreport. 4: 317-9. PMID 8477055  0.262
1993 Derrington EA, Kelić S, Whittaker VP. A novel cholinergic-specific antigen (Chol-2) in mammalian brain. Brain Research. 620: 16-23. PMID 8402191 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(93)90265-O  0.289
1993 Südhof TC, Petrenko AG, Whittaker VP, Jahn R. Molecular approaches to synaptic vesicle exocytosis. Progress in Brain Research. 98: 235-40. PMID 8248512 DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(08)62404-8  0.399
1993 Whittaker VP. The cholinesterases: a discussion of some unanswered questions. Progress in Brain Research. 98: 155-9. PMID 8248503 DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(08)62393-6  0.388
1993 Whittaker VP. Thirty years of synaptosome research. Journal of Neurocytology. 22: 735-42. PMID 7903689 DOI: 10.1007/BF01181319  0.168
1993 Borroni E, Derrington EA, Whittaker VP. Distribution of the cholinergic-specific antigen Chol-1 in mouse spinal cord neurons developing in culture. Brain Research. Developmental Brain Research. 71: 247-52. PMID 7683980 DOI: 10.1016/0165-3806(93)90176-B  0.214
1992 Hirabayashi Y, Nakao T, Irie F, Whittaker VP, Kon K, Ando S. Structural characterization of a novel cholinergic neuron-specific ganglioside in bovine brain. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 267: 12973-8. PMID 1618794  0.279
1992 Ando S, Hirabayashi Y, Kon K, Inagaki F, Tate S, Whittaker VP. A trisialoganglioside containing a sialyl alpha 2-6 N-acetylgalactosamine residue is a cholinergic-specific antigen, Chol-1 alpha. Journal of Biochemistry. 111: 287-90. PMID 1587788 DOI: 10.1093/Oxfordjournals.Jbchem.A123751  0.334
1992 Whittaker VP, Derrington EA, Borroni E. Chol-1 is a cholinergic marker in the human central nervous system. Neuroreport. 3: 341-4. PMID 1515593  0.244
1992 Whittaker VP. Recent progress in understanding cholinergic function at the cellular and molecular levels. Progress in Drug Research. Fortschritte Der Arzneimittelforschung. Progrã¨S Des Recherches Pharmaceutiques. 39: 251-89. PMID 1335583  0.223
1991 Ando S, Kon K, Waki H, Hirabayashi Y, Inagaki F, Tate S, Whittaker VP. Identification of a cholinergic-specific antigen chol-1α as a trisialoganglioside Neuroscience Research Supplements. 16: 58. DOI: 10.1016/0921-8696(91)90811-Z  0.341
1990 Whittaker VP. The contribution of drugs and toxins to understanding of cholinergic function. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences. 11: 8-13. PMID 2408211 DOI: 10.1016/0165-6147(90)90034-6  0.227
1990 Giuliani A, Calappi E, Borroni E, Whittaker VP, Sonnino S, Tettamanti G. Further studies on the gangliosidic nature of the cholinergic-specific antigen, Chol-1. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 280: 211-6. PMID 2353821 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(90)90538-A  0.25
1990 Whittaker VP. Cholinergic synaptic vesicles are metabolically and biophysically heterogeneous even in resting terminals. Brain Research. 511: 113-21. PMID 2331609 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(90)90230-9  0.327
1990 Derrington EA, Gähwiler BH, Whittaker VP. Nerve growth factor enhances the expression of the cholinergic-specific ganglioside Chol-1 in cocultures of rat septum and hippocampus. Journal of Neurochemistry. 55: 2132-4. PMID 2230814 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1990.tb05806.x  0.275
1990 Whittaker VP. The cell and molecular biology of the cholinergic synapse: twenty years of progress. Progress in Brain Research. 84: 419-36. PMID 2176303  0.274
1990 Shaw C, Whittaker VP, Agoston DV. Characterization of gastrin-releasing peptide immunoreactivity in distinct storage particles in guinea pig myenteric and Torpedo electromotor neurones. Peptides. 11: 69-74. PMID 2160654 DOI: 10.1016/0196-9781(90)90112-I  0.246
1989 Whittaker VP. The historical significance of work with electric organs for the study of cholinergic transmission. Neurochemistry International. 14: 275-87. PMID 20504428  0.257
1989 Derrington EA, Masco D, Whittaker VP. 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: 1686-92. PMID 2809585  0.329
1989 Agoston DV, Fahrenkrug J, Mikkelsen JD, Whittaker VP. 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: 571-3. PMID 2780416 DOI: 10.1016/0196-9781(89)90144-7  0.214
1989 Agoston DV, Dowe GH, Whittaker VP. Isolation and characterization of secretory granules storing a vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-like peptide in Torpedo cholinergic electromotor neurones. Journal of Neurochemistry. 52: 1729-40. PMID 2723632 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1989.tb07251.x  0.242
1989 Whittaker VP. Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) as a cholinergic co-transmitter: some recent results. Cell Biology International Reports. 13: 1039-51. PMID 2699832 DOI: 10.1016/0309-1651(89)90018-0  0.269
1989 Borroni E, Derrington E, Whittaker VP. Chol-1: a cholinergic-specific ganglioside of possible significance in central nervous system neurochemistry and neuropathology. Exs. 57: 59-67. PMID 2533105  0.279
1989 Borroni E, Derrington EA, Whittaker VP. Characterization of a monoclonal antibody directed against a sulphoglycolipid that is evolutionarily conserved and developmentally regulated in rat brain. Cell and Tissue Research. 256: 373-80. PMID 2471598 DOI: 10.1007/BF00218895  0.252
1989 Agoston DV, Whittaker VP. 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: 1474-80. PMID 2468736 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1989.tb09196.x  0.248
1988 Whittaker VP. Synaptosome preparations. Journal of Neurochemistry. 50: 324-5. PMID 3335849  0.238
1988 Agoston DV, Conlon JM, Whittaker VP. Selective depletion of the acetylcholine and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide of the guinea-pig myenteric plexus by differential mobilization of distinct transmitter pools. Experimental Brain Research. 72: 535-42. PMID 3234502 DOI: 10.1007/BF00250599  0.244
1988 von Kieckebusch A, Fritsche U, Vogel V, Witzemann V, Whittaker VP. Ca2+- and phospholipid-binding properties of Torpedo electric organ calelectrin. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta. 957: 131-7. PMID 2972321 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4838(88)90165-3  0.205
1988 Fritsche U, von Kieckebusch A, Potschka M, Whittaker VP, Witzemann V. The separation and characterization of two forms of Torpedo electric organ calelectrin. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta. 957: 122-30. PMID 2972320 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4838(88)90164-1  0.222
1988 Whittaker VP. The organization of the cholinergic synapse. The Keio Journal of Medicine. 37: 234-54. PMID 2904504  0.311
1988 Whittaker VP. The application of subcellular fractionation techniques to the study of the nervous system Journal of Tokyo Women's Medical College. 58: 1-5.  0.225
1987 Whittaker VP. The separation, from mammalian brain, of separate fractions of recycling and reserve cholinergic synaptic vesicles. Journal of Neurochemistry. 48: 1656. PMID 3559572  0.351
1987 Whittaker VP. Cholinergic synaptic vesicles from the electromotor nerve terminals of Torpedo. Composition and life cycle. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 493: 77-91. PMID 3296914  0.317
1987 Whittaker VP. Cholinergic function in the nineties: advantages of work with a model system. Neurochemical Research. 12: 121-8. PMID 2883592 DOI: 10.1007/BF00979527  0.22
1987 Whittaker VP. Neurotransmission and brain aging. Introductory remarks. Gerontology. 33: 155-8. PMID 2820848  0.245
1986 Agoston DV, Dowe GH, Fiedler W, Giompres PE, Roed IS, Walker JH, Whittaker VP, Yamaguchi T. A kinetic study of stimulus-induced vesicle recycling in electromotor nerve terminals using labile and stable vesicle markers. Journal of Neurochemistry. 47: 1584-92. PMID 3760875 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1986.tb00798.x  0.292
1986 Giompres PE, Whittaker VP. The density and free water of cholinergic synaptic vesicles as a function of osmotic pressure. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta. 882: 398-409. PMID 3730420 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4165(86)90264-3  0.288
1986 Whittaker VP, Schmid DW. Isolation and characterization of mRNA for cholinergic synaptic transmission. The Italian Journal of Biochemistry. 35: 99A-103A. PMID 3017889  0.305
1985 Kosh JW, Whittaker VP. Is propionylcholine present in or synthesized by electric organ? Journal of Neurochemistry. 45: 1148-53. PMID 4031883  0.213
1985 Ducis I, Whittaker VP. High-affinity, sodium-gradient-dependent transport of choline into vesiculated presynaptic plasma membrane fragments from the electric organ of Torpedo marmorata and reconstitution of the solubilized transporter into liposomes. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta. 815: 109-27. PMID 3986197 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(85)90481-X  0.247
1985 Agoston DV, Kosh JW, Lisziewicz J, Whittaker VP. Separation of recycling and reserve synaptic vesicles from cholinergic nerve terminals of the myenteric plexus of guinea pig ileum. Journal of Neurochemistry. 44: 299-305. PMID 3964834  0.342
1985 Agoston DV, Ballmann M, Conlon JM, Dowe GH, Whittaker VP. Isolation of neuropeptide-containing vesicles from the guinea pig ileum. Journal of Neurochemistry. 45: 398-406. PMID 2409227 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1985.tb04001.x  0.289
1984 Giompres PE, Whittaker VP. Differences in the osmotic fragility of recycling and reserve synaptic vesicles from the cholinergic electromotor nerve terminals of Torpedo and their possible significance for vesicle recycling. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta. 770: 166-70. PMID 6696906 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(84)90126-3  0.344
1984 Schmid D, Whittaker VP. [Application of the technics of molecular genetics in neurochemistry]. Die Naturwissenschaften. 71: 353-62. PMID 6592450 DOI: 10.1007/BF00410739  0.186
1984 Whittaker VP. The structure and function of cholinergic synaptic vesicles. The Third Thudichum Lecture. Biochemical Society Transactions. 12: 561-76. PMID 6237945  0.326
1984 Whittaker VP. False transmitters or false concepts? Neuroscience. 12: 344-345. DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(84)90162-3  0.208
1982 Whittaker VP. Biophysical and biochemical studies of isolated cholinergic vesicles from Torpedo marmorata. Federation Proceedings. 41: 2759-64. PMID 7117551  0.311
1982 Jones RT, Walker JH, Stadler H, Whittaker VP. Further evidence that glycosaminoglycan specific to cholinergic synaptic vesicles recycles during electrical stimulation of the electric organ of Torpedo marmorata. Cell and Tissue Research. 224: 685-8. PMID 7116420 DOI: 10.1007/BF00213763  0.312
1982 Jones RT, Walker JH, Stadler H, Whittaker VP. Immunohistochemical localization of a synaptic-vesicle antigen in a cholinergic neuron under conditions of stimulation and rest. Cell and Tissue Research. 223: 117-26. PMID 7066963 DOI: 10.1007/BF00221503  0.316
1982 Weiler M, Roed IS, Whittaker VP. The kinetics of acetylcholine turnover in a resting cholinergic nerve terminal and the magnitude of the cytoplasmic compartment. Journal of Neurochemistry. 38: 1187-91. PMID 7062045  0.284
1982 Schmid D, Stadler H, Whittaker VP. The isolation, from electromotor neurone perikarya, of messenger RNAs coding for synaptic proteins. European Journal of Biochemistry / Febs. 122: 633-9. PMID 7060595  0.26
1982 Richardson PJ, Walker JH, Jones RT, Whittaker VP. Identification of a cholinergic-specific antigen Chol-1 as a ganglioside. Journal of Neurochemistry. 38: 1605-14. PMID 7042914  0.247
1982 Morris SJ, Hughes JM, Whittaker VP. Purification and mode of action of synexin: a protein enhancing calcium-induced membrane aggregation. Journal of Neurochemistry. 39: 529-36. PMID 6211522  0.214
1982 Osborne NN, Beale R, Nicholas D, Stadler H, Walker JH, Jones RT, Whittaker VP. An antiserum to cholinergic synaptic vesicles from Torpedo recognizes nerve terminals in retinas from a variety of species Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology. 2: 157-163. DOI: 10.1007/BF00711080  0.329
1981 Richardson PJ, Whittaker VP. The Na+ and K+ content of isolated Torpedo synaptosomes and its effect on choline uptake. Journal of Neurochemistry. 36: 1536-42. PMID 7264650  0.21
1981 Giompres PE, Zimmermann H, Whittaker VP. Changes in the biochemical and biophysical parameters of cholinergic synaptic vesicles on transmitter release and during a subsequent period of rest. Neuroscience. 6: 775-85. PMID 7242915 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(81)90161-5  0.323
1981 Giompres PE, Zimmermann H, Whittaker VP. Purification of small dense vesicles from stimulated Torpedo electric tissue by glass bead column chromatography. Neuroscience. 6: 765-74. PMID 7242914 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(81)90160-3  0.25
1981 Giompres PE, Morris SJ, Whittaker VP. The water spaces in cholinergic synaptic vesicles from Torpedo measured by changes in density induced by permeating substances. Neuroscience. 6: 757-63. PMID 7242913 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(81)90159-7  0.289
1981 Jones RT, Walker JH, Richardson PJ, Fox GQ, Whittaker VP. Immunohistochemical localization of cholinergic nerve terminals. Cell and Tissue Research. 218: 355-73. PMID 7020949 DOI: 10.1007/BF00210350  0.267
1981 Witzemann V, Whittaker VP. Embryonic development of the electric organ of Torpedo marmorata: Characterization of the acetylcholine receptor and acetylcholinesterase | EMBRYONALENTWICKLUNG DES ELEKTRISCHEN ORGANS VON TORPEDO MARMORATA: CHARAKTERISIERUNG VON ACETYL-CHOLINREZEPTOR UND AZETYLCHOLINESTERASE Hoppe-Seyler's Zeitschrift Fur Physiologische Chemie. 362: 1305.  0.228
1980 Dowe GH, Kilbinger H, Whittaker VP. Isolation of cholinergic synaptic vesicles from the myenteric plexus of guinea-pig small intestine. Journal of Neurochemistry. 35: 993-1003. PMID 7452301  0.337
1980 Schmidt R, Zimmermann H, Whittaker VP. Metal ion content of cholinergic synaptic vesicles isolated from the electric organ of Torpedo: effect of stimulation-induced transmitter release. Neuroscience. 5: 625-38. PMID 7374962 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(80)90060-3  0.313
1980 Krenz WD, Tashiro T, Wächtler K, Whittaker VP, Witzemann V. Aspects of the chemical embryology of the electromotor system of Torpedo marmorata with special reference to synaptogenesis. Neuroscience. 5: 617-24. PMID 7374961 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(80)90059-7  0.211
1980 Luqmani YA, Sudlow G, Whittaker VP. Homocholine and acetylhomocholine: false transmitters in the cholinergic electromotor system of Torpedo. Neuroscience. 5: 153-60. PMID 6102748 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(80)90081-0  0.291
1980 Whittaker VP, Luqmani YA. False transmitters in the cholinergic system: implications for the vesicle theory of transmitter storage and release. General Pharmacology. 11: 7-14. PMID 6102535 DOI: 10.1016/0306-3623(80)90004-X  0.275
1979 Suszkiw JB, Whittaker VP. Role of vesicle recycling in vesicular storage and release of acetylcholine in Torpedo electroplaque synapses. Progress in Brain Research. 49: 153-62. PMID 515430 DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(08)64629-4  0.316
1979 Ohsawa K, Dowe GH, Morris SJ, Whittaker VP. The lipid and protein content of cholinergic synaptic vesicles from the electric organ of Torpedo marmorata purified to constant composition: implications for vesicle structure. Brain Research. 161: 447-57. PMID 421130 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(79)90674-7  0.325
1979 von Schwarzenfeld I, Sudlow G, Whittaker VP. Vesicular storage and release of cholinergic false transmitters. Progress in Brain Research. 49: 163-74. PMID 42111 DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(08)64630-0  0.278
1979 Whittaker VP. The vesicular hypothesis Trends in Neurosciences. 2: 55-56. DOI: 10.1016/0166-2236(79)90023-7  0.222
1979 Davies LP, Whittaker VP. Evidence for axonal transport of a stable pool of ATP in cholinergic nerves Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology. 6: 228-229.  0.244
1978 Stadler H, Whittaker VP. Identification of vesiculin as a glycosaminoglycan. Brain Research. 153: 408-13. PMID 687990 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(78)90424-9  0.169
1978 Breer H, Morris SJ, Whittaker VP. A structural model of cholinergic synaptic vesicles from the electric organ of Torpedo marmorata deduced from density measurements at different osmotic pressures. European Journal of Biochemistry / Febs. 87: 453-8. PMID 679947  0.298
1978 Suszkiw JB, Zimmermann H, Whittaker VP. Vesicular storage and release of acetylcholine in Torpedo electroplaque synapses. Journal of Neurochemistry. 30: 1269-80. PMID 670969  0.306
1977 Zimmermann H, Whittaker VP. Morphological and biochemical heterogeneity of cholinergic synaptic vesicles. Nature. 267: 633-5. PMID 876386 DOI: 10.1038/267633a0  0.344
1977 Von Schwarzenfeld I, Whittaker VP. The pharmacological properties of the cholinergic false transmitter, N-2-acetoxyethyl-N-methylpyrrolidinium, and its precursor, N-2-hydroxyethyl-N-methylpyrrolidinium. British Journal of Pharmacology. 59: 69-74. PMID 837008  0.191
1977 Whittaker VP. The electromotor system of Torpedo. A model cholinergic system. Die Naturwissenschaften. 64: 606-11. PMID 593415 DOI: 10.1007/BF00440092  0.227
1977 Breer H, Morris SJ, Whittaker VP. Adenosine triphosphatase activity associated with purified cholinergic synaptic vesicles of Torpedo marmorata. European Journal of Biochemistry / Febs. 80: 313-8. PMID 144598  0.333
1977 Davies LP, Whittaker VP, Zimmermann H. Axonal transport in the electromotor nerves of Torpedo marmorata. Experimental Brain Research. 30: 493-510. PMID 74342 DOI: 10.1007/BF00237640  0.222
1976 Simon EJ, Whittaker VP, Meilman H, Sher H, Vickers G, Couch E. Comparative studies on synaptosomes: Applicability of the rapid method for preparing synaptosomes to elasmobranch brain. Neurochemical Research. 1: 83-92. PMID 24271247 DOI: 10.1007/Bf00965634  0.264
1976 Newkirk RF, Ballou EW, Vickers G, Whittaker VP. Comparative studies in synaptosome formation: preparation of synaptosomes from the ventral nerve cord of the lobster (Homarus americanus). Brain Research. 101: 103-11. PMID 1104081 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(76)90991-4  0.235
1976 Whittaker VP. Tissue fractionation methods in brain research. Progress in Brain Research. 45: 45-65. PMID 1013348 DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(08)60983-8  0.243
1976 Baker R, Dowdall MJ, Whittaker VP. The incorporation of radioactive fatty acids and of radioactive derivatives of glucose into the phospholipids of subsynaptosomal fractions of cerebral cortex. The Biochemical Journal. 154: 65-75. PMID 179537  0.22
1976 Nagy A, Baker RR, Morris SJ, Whittaker VP. The preparation and characterization of synaptic vesicles of high purity. Brain Research. 109: 285-309. PMID 132227 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(76)90531-X  0.318
1976 Dowdall MJ, Fox G, Wächtler K, Whittaker VP, Zimmermann H. Recent studies on the comparative biochemistry of the cholinergic neuron. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia On Quantitative Biology. 40: 65-81. PMID 7387  0.239
1976 Whittaker VP. The biochemistry of the cholinergic neurone Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 1: 172-174. DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0004(76)80016-3  0.234
1975 Baker RR, Dowdall MJ, Whittaker VP. The effect of neurotransmitter release upon phospholipid composition and fatty acid turnover in synaptic vesicles of Torpedo marmorata electric organ and guinea-pig cerebral cortex. Biochemical Society Transactions. 3: 263-5. PMID 236945  0.32
1975 Whittaker VP, Zimmermann H, Dowdall MJ. The biochemistry of cholinergic synapses as exemplified by the electric organ of Torpedo. Journal of Neural Transmission. 39-60. PMID 51043  0.307
1975 Baker RR, Dowdall MJ, Whittaker VP. The involvement of lysophosphoglycerides in neurotransmitter release; the composition and turnover of phospholipids of synaptic vesicles of guinea-pig cerebral cortex and Torpedo electric organ and the effect of stimulation. Brain Research. 100: 629-44. PMID 129 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(75)90162-6  0.329
1974 Zimmermann H, Whittaker VP. Different recovery rates of the electrophysiological, biochemical and morphological parameters in the cholinergic synapses of the Torpedo electric organ after stimulation. Journal of Neurochemistry. 22: 1109-14. PMID 4851379  0.287
1974 Whittaker VP, Dowdall MJ, Dowe GH, Facino RM, Scotto J. Proteins of cholinergic synaptic vesicles from the electric organ of Torpedo: characterization of a low molecular weight acidic protein. Brain Research. 75: 115-31. PMID 4842813  0.294
1974 Zimmermann H, Whittaker VP. Effect of electrical stimulation on the yield and composition of synaptic vesicles from the cholinergic synapses of the electric organ of Torpedo: a combined biochemical, electrophysiological and morphological study. Journal of Neurochemistry. 22: 435-50. PMID 4829966  0.321
1974 Dowdall MJ, Boyne AF, Whittaker VP. Adenosine triphosphate. A constituent of cholinergic synaptic vesicles. The Biochemical Journal. 140: 1-12. PMID 4451548  0.342
1974 Whittaker VP. Molecular organization of the cholinergic vesicle. Advances in Cytopharmacology. 2: 311-7. PMID 4440560  0.291
1974 Ulmar G, Whittaker VP. Immunological approach to the characterization of cholinergic vesicular protein. Journal of Neurochemistry. 22: 451-4. PMID 4208420  0.238
1974 Ulmar G, Whittaker VP. Immunohistochemical localization and immunoelectrophoresis of cholinergic synaptic vesicle protein constituents from the Torpedo. Brain Research. 71: 155-9. PMID 4206918  0.325
1973 Dowdall MJ, Whittaker VP. Comparative studies in synaptosome formation: the preparation of synaptosomes from the head ganglion of the squid, Loligo pealii. Journal of Neurochemistry. 20: 921-35. PMID 4697892  0.227
1973 Whittaker VP. The biochemistry of synaptic transmission. Die Naturwissenschaften. 60: 281-9. PMID 4126196  0.3
1972 Dowdall MJ, Barker LA, Whittaker VP. Choline metabolism in the cerebral cortex of guinea pigs. Phosphorylcholine and lipid choline. The Biochemical Journal. 130: 1081-94. PMID 4656795  0.228
1972 Barker LA, Dowdall MJ, Whittaker VP. Choline metabolism in the cerebral cortex of guinea pigs. Stable-bound acetylcholine. The Biochemical Journal. 130: 1063-75. PMID 4656793  0.231
1972 Chakrin LW, Marchbanks RM, Mitchell JF, Whittaker VP. The origin of the acetylcholine released from the surface of the cortex. Journal of Neurochemistry. 19: 2727-36. PMID 4652625  0.235
1972 Whittaker VP, Essman WB, Dowe GH. The isolation of pure cholinergic synaptic vesicles from the electric organs of elasmobranch fish of the family Torpedinidae. The Biochemical Journal. 128: 833-45. PMID 4638794  0.32
1972 Whittaker VP. The storage and release of acetylcholine. The Biochemical Journal. 128: 73P-74P. PMID 4634841 DOI: 10.1016/0165-6147(86)90368-8  0.251
1972 Whittaker VP, Dowdall MJ, Boyne AF. The storage and release of acetylcholine by cholinergic nerve terminals: recent results with non-mammalian preparations. Biochemical Society Symposium. 49-68. PMID 4374951  0.303
1972 Soifer D, Whittaker VP. Morphology of subcellular fractions derived from the electric organ of Torpedo. The Biochemical Journal. 128: 845-6. PMID 4118137  0.237
1971 Whittaker VP, Greengard P. The isolation of synaptosomes from the brain of a teleost fish, Centriopristes striatus. Journal of Neurochemistry. 18: 173-6. PMID 5550082 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1971.tb00554.x  0.27
1971 Whittaker VP. Origin and function of synaptic vesicles. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 183: 21-32. PMID 5287824  0.315
1971 Whittaker VP. Carriers and specificity in membranes. V. Neuron membranes. Membrane phenomena at the synapse. Neurosciences Research Program Bulletin. 9: 387-91. PMID 4367592  0.253
1971 Whittaker VP. Subcellular localization of neurotransmitters. Advances in Cytopharmacology. 1: 319-30. PMID 4148188  0.214
1969 Chakrin LW, Whittaker VP. The subcellular distribution of (N-Me-3H)acetylcholine synthesized by brain in vivo. The Biochemical Journal. 113: 97-107. PMID 5806399  0.247
1969 Whittaker VP. The nature of the acetylcholine pools in brain tissue. Progress in Brain Research. 31: 211-22. PMID 4899408 DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(08)63240-9  0.269
1968 Whittaker VP. Structure and function of animal-cell membranes. British Medical Bulletin. 24: 101-6. PMID 5649925  0.218
1968 Mellanby J, Whittaker VP. The fixation of tetanus toxin by synaptic membranes. Journal of Neurochemistry. 15: 205-8. PMID 5638617  0.299
1968 Whittaker VP. The morphology of fractions of rat forebrain synaptosomes separated on continuous sucrose density gradients. The Biochemical Journal. 106: 412-7. PMID 5637350  0.22
1968 Hopkin JM, Horton EW, Whittaker VP. Prostaglandin content of particulate and superntant fractions of rabbit brain homogenates. Nature. 217: 71-2. PMID 5635635  0.275
1968 Whittaker VP. The storage of transmitters in the central nervous system. The Biochemical Journal. 109: 20P-21P. PMID 4386782  0.227
1968 Whittaker VP. Synaptic transmission. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 60: 1081-91. PMID 4386319  0.299
1967 Loo YH, Whittaker VP. Pyridoxal kinase in brain and its inhibition by pyridoxylidene-beta-phenylethylamine. Journal of Neurochemistry. 14: 997-1011. PMID 6069592  0.222
1966 Clementi F, Whittaker VP, Sheridan MN. The yield of synaptosomes from the cerebral cortex of guinea pigs estimated by a polystyrene bead "tagging" procedure. Zeitschrift Fã¼R Zellforschung Und Mikroskopische Anatomie (Vienna, Austria : 1948). 72: 126-38. PMID 5973650  0.215
1966 Mangan JL, Whittaker VP. The distribution of free amino acids in subcellular fractions of guinea-pig brain. The Biochemical Journal. 98: 128-37. PMID 5938632  0.253
1966 Whittaker VP. Catecholamine storage particles in the central nervous system. Pharmacological Reviews. 18: 401-12. PMID 5904155  0.208
1966 Whittaker VP. Some properties of synaptic membranes isolated from the central nervous system. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 137: 982-98. PMID 5229839  0.309
1966 Sheridan MN, Whittaker VP, Israël M. The subcellular fractionation of the electric organ of Torpedo. Zeitschrift Fã¼R Zellforschung Und Mikroskopische Anatomie (Vienna, Austria : 1948). 74: 293-307. PMID 4168676  0.231
1965 WHITTAKER VP, SHERIDAN MN. THE MORPHOLOGY AND ACETYLCHOLINE CONTENT OF ISOLATED CEREBRAL CORTICAL SYNAPTIC VESICLES. Journal of Neurochemistry. 12: 363-72. PMID 14333293  0.329
1965 WHITTAKER VP, DOWE GH. THE EFFECT OF HOMOGENIZATION CONDITIONS ON SUB-CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION IN BRAIN. Biochemical Pharmacology. 14: 194-6. PMID 14332471  0.239
1965 MELLANBY J, VANHEYNINGEN WE, WHITTAKER VP. FIXATION OF TETANUS TOXIN BY SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS OF BRAIN. Journal of Neurochemistry. 12: 77-9. PMID 14291072 DOI: 10.1111/J.1471-4159.1965.Tb11941.X  0.276
1965 Israël M, Whittaker VP. The isolation of mossy fibre endings from the granular layer of the cerebellar cortex. Experientia. 21: 325-6. PMID 5870501  0.221
1965 Krnjević K, Whittaker VP. Excitatory and depressant properties of certain brain fractions. Nature. 207: 84-5. PMID 5866532  0.253
1965 Krnjević K, Whittaker VP. Excitation and depression of cortical neurones by brain fractions released from micropipettes. The Journal of Physiology. 179: 298-322. PMID 5853893  0.271
1965 Whittaker VP. The application of subcellular fractionation techniques to the study of brain function. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 15: 39-96. PMID 5338099  0.261
1964 WHITTAKER VP, DOWE GH. THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE ACETYLCHOLINE-LIKE SUBSTANCE IN SYNATOSOMES DERIVED FROM GUINEA-PIG BRAIN AS ACETYLCHOLINE ITSELF. International Journal of Neuropharmacology. 3: 593-7. PMID 14347084  0.29
1964 CLEUGH J, GADDUM JH, MITCHELL AA, SMITH MW, WHITTAKER VP. SUBSTANCE P IN BRAIN EXTRACTS. The Journal of Physiology. 170: 69-85. PMID 14135600 DOI: 10.1113/Jphysiol.1964.Sp007314  0.235
1964 Eichberg J, Whittaker VP, Dawson RM. Distribution of lipids in subcellular particles of guinea-pig brain. The Biochemical Journal. 92: 91-100. PMID 5840391  0.254
1964 Whittaker VP, Michaelson IA, Kirkland RJ. The separation of synaptic vesicles from nerve-ending particles ('synaptosomes'). The Biochemical Journal. 90: 293-303. PMID 5834239  0.314
1963 LAVERTY R, MICHAELSON IA, SHARMAN DF, WHITTAKER VP. THE SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION OF DOPAMINE AND ACETYLCHOLINE IN THE DOG CAUDATE NUCLEUS. British Journal of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy. 21: 482-90. PMID 14110748  0.246
1963 HORNE RW, BANGHAM AD, WHITTAKER VP. NEGATIVELY STAINED LIPOPROTEIN MEMBRANES. Nature. 200: 1340. PMID 14098499  0.221
1963 MICHAELSON IA, WHITTAKER VP, LAVERTY R, SHARMAN DF. LOCALIZATION OF ACETYLCHOLINE, 5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE AND NORADRENALINE WITHIN SUBCELLULAR PARTICLES DERIVED FROM GUINEA PIG SUBCORTICAL BRAIN TISSUE. Biochemical Pharmacology. 12: 1450-3. PMID 14096438  0.27
1963 JOHNSON MK, WHITTAKER VP. LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE AS A CYTOPLASMIC MARKER IN BRAIN. The Biochemical Journal. 88: 404-9. PMID 14071511 DOI: 10.1042/bj0880404  0.253
1963 WHITTAKER VP, MICHAELSON IA, KIRKLAND RJ. The separation of synaptic vesicles from disrupted nervending particles. Biochemical Pharmacology. 12: 300-2. PMID 14000416  0.298
1963 NYMAN M, WHITTAKER VP. The distribution of adenosine triphosphate in subcellular fractions of brain tissue. The Biochemical Journal. 87: 248-55. PMID 13939322  0.262
1963 MICHAELSON IA, WHITTAKER VP. The subcellular localization of 5-hydroxytryptamine in guinea pig brain. Biochemical Pharmacology. 12: 203-11. PMID 13935442  0.26
1962 MICHAELSON IA, WHITTAKER VP. The distribution of hydroxytryptamine in brain fractions. Biochemical Pharmacology. 11: 505-6. PMID 14473336  0.257
1962 WHITTAKER VP. Sub-cellular distribution of 5-hydroxytryptamine in guinea pig brain. Nature. 195: 1100. PMID 14006657  0.25
1962 WHITTAKER VP, GRAY EG. The synapse: biology and morphology. British Medical Bulletin. 18: 223-8. PMID 14006656  0.289
1962 WHITTAKER VP. Pharmacological studies with isolated cell components. Biochemical Pharmacology. 9: 61-9. PMID 14000417  0.21
1962 HORNE RW, WHITTAKER VP. The use of the negative staining method for the electron-microscopic study of subcellular particles from animal tissues. Zeitschrift Fã¼R Zellforschung Und Mikroskopische Anatomie (Vienna, Austria : 1948). 58: 1-16. PMID 13954943  0.208
1962 GRAY EG, WHITTAKER VP. The isolation of nerve endings from brain: an electron-microscopic study of cell fragments derived by homogenization and centrifugation. Journal of Anatomy. 96: 79-88. PMID 13901297  0.279
1961 WHITTAKER VP. The subcellular localization of transmitter substances in the central nervous system. Biochemical Pharmacology. 5: 392-8. PMID 13784936  0.225
1960 WHITTAKER VP. Pharmacologically active choline esters in marine gastropods. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 90: 695-705. PMID 13784935  0.227
1959 WHITTAKER VP. The isolation and characterization of acetylcholine-containing particles from brain. The Biochemical Journal. 72: 694-706. PMID 13844484  0.269
1959 BERRY JF, WHITTAKER VP. The acyl-group specificity of choline acetylase. The Biochemical Journal. 73: 447-58. PMID 13799882  0.203
1959 WHITTAKER VP. The identity of natural and synthetic betabeta-dimethylacrylycholine. The Biochemical Journal. 71: 32-4. PMID 13628528  0.194
1958 HOLMSTEDT B, WHITTAKER VP. Pharmacological properties of betabeta-di-methyl-acryloylcholine and some other beta-substituted acryloylcholines. British Journal of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy. 13: 308-14. PMID 13584734 DOI: 10.1111/J.1476-5381.1958.TB00908.X  0.203
1958 HEBB CO, WHITTAKER VP. Intracellular distributions of acetylcholine and choline acetylase. The Journal of Physiology. 142: 187-96. PMID 13564428 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1958.sp006008  0.228
1958 WHITTAKER VP. Acetylcholine in milk. Nature. 181: 856-7. PMID 13526703  0.233
1958 KEYL MJ, WHITTAKER VP. Some pharmacological properties of murexine (urocanoylcholine). British Journal of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy. 13: 103-6. PMID 13523145  0.18
1957 KEYL MJ, MICHAELSON IA, WHITTAKER VP. Physiologically active choline esters in certain marine gastropods and other invertebrates. The Journal of Physiology. 139: 434-54. PMID 13492235  0.232
1957 BRAUN W, WHITTAKER VP, LOTSPEICH WD. Renal excretion of phlorizin and phlorizin glucoronide. The American Journal of Physiology. 190: 563-9. PMID 13470095  0.165
1956 WHITTAKER VP. The metabolism of acetylcholine in nervous tissue. Lectures On the Scientific Basis of Medicine. 186-207. PMID 13576929  0.223
1956 WHITTAKER VP. Identification of the F component of ox spleen. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta. 22: 590. PMID 13382900  0.176
1953 BANISTER J, WHITTAKER VP, WIJESUNDERA S. The occurrence of homologues of acetylcholine in ox spleen. The Journal of Physiology. 121: 55-71. PMID 13085299  0.257
1953 WHITTAKER VP. [The specificity of pigeon brain aceto-cholinesterase]. The Biochemical Journal. 54: 660-4. PMID 13058970  0.258
1953 MOUNTER LA, WHITTAKER VP. The hydrolysis of esters of phenol by cholinesterases and other esterases. The Biochemical Journal. 54: 551-9. PMID 13058950  0.201
1953 MOUNTER LA, WHITTAKER VP. The effect of thiol and other group-specific reagents on erythrocyte and plasma cholinesterases. The Biochemical Journal. 53: 167-73. PMID 13032050  0.196
1952 THOMPSON EH, WHITTAKER VP. Cholinesterase activity and sodium transport in the human red cell. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta. 9: 700-1. PMID 13032183  0.202
1952 WHITTAKER VP, WIJESUNDERA S. The hydrolysis of succinyldicholine by cholinesterase. The Biochemical Journal. 52: 475-9. PMID 13018261  0.2
1952 WHITTAKER VP, WIJESUNDERA S. The separation of esters of choline by filter-paper chromatography. The Biochemical Journal. 51: 348-51. PMID 12977734  0.199
1951 BANISTER J, WHITTAKER VP, WIJESUNDERA S. The chromatographic identification of propionylcholine in ox spleen. The Journal of Physiology. 115: 55-6 P. PMID 14898507  0.191
1951 WHITTAKER VP, WIJESUNDERA S. The separation of esters of choline by paper chromatography. The Biochemical Journal. 49: xlv. PMID 14858362  0.223
1951 WHITTAKER VP. Specificity, mode of action and distribution of cholinesterases. Physiological Reviews. 31: 312-43. PMID 14853656  0.201
1951 WHITTAKER VP. [Simultaneous verification by paper chromatography and Warburg's method of the hydrolysis of succinylcholine by cholinesterase]. Experientia. 7: 217-8. PMID 14840447  0.189
1951 BANISTER J, WHITTAKER VP. Pharmacological activity of the carbon analogue of acetylcholine. Nature. 167: 605-6. PMID 14826870  0.199
1950 MOUNTER LA, WHITTAKER VP. The esterases of horse blood; the specificity of horse erythrocyte cholinesterase. The Biochemical Journal. 47: 525-30. PMID 14800965  0.191
1950 STURGE LM, WHITTAKER VP. The esterases of horse blood; the specificity of horse plasma cholinesterase and ali-esterase. The Biochemical Journal. 47: 518-25. PMID 14800964  0.185
1949 WHITTAKER VP, ADAMS DH. A method for determining the ratio of the Michaelis constants of an enzyme with respect to two substrates. Nature. 164: 315. PMID 18137039  0.187
1949 Adams DH, Whittaker VP. The characterization of the esterases of human plasma. The Biochemical Journal. 44: 62-70. PMID 16748481  0.184
1948 ADAMS DH, WHITTAKER VP. The specificity of the human erythrocyte cholinesterase. The Biochemical Journal. 43: xiv. PMID 18933512  0.2
1948 WHITTAKER VP. British anti-lewisite, its discovery and medical applications. St. Bartholomew's Hospital Journal. 52: 145-9. PMID 18889013  0.198
1947 STOCKEN LA, THOMPSON RH, WHITTAKER VP. British anti-lewisite; antidotal effects against therapeutic arsenicals. The Biochemical Journal. 41: 47-52. PMID 20287850  0.532
1947 Thompson RH, Whittaker VP. Antidotal activity of British anti-lewisite against compounds of antimony, gold and mercury. The Biochemical Journal. 41: 342-6. PMID 16748170  0.528
1947 Whittaker VP. An experimental investigation of the "ring hypothesis" of arsenical toxicity. The Biochemical Journal. 41: 56-62. PMID 16748119  0.175
1947 Stocken LA, Thompson RH, Whittaker VP. British anti-lewisite: 4. Antidotal effects against therapeutic arsenicals. The Biochemical Journal. 41: 47-52. PMID 16748117  0.532
1944 Thompson RH, Whittaker VP. The esterases of skin. The Biochemical Journal. 38: 295-9. PMID 16747798  0.507
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