Video Clips of Dr Ann Silver on YouTube
Edinburgh University, BSc (Hons) 1954, PhD 1960 – physiology and the construction of Henrietta
Controversy about organophosphorous compounds
Babraham Hall, laboratories, and the care of animals
Institute of Animal Physiology – its first directors and scientists
No such thing as a good woman in science
The acetylcholine system explained
The acetylcholine system - mapping the enzymes, choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) and acetylcholinesterase (AchE)
The acetylcholine system – investigating the nerve transport mechanism
From electric to chemical nerve transmission
Working with Kris Krnjevic - round the clock
Working on brain tissue with Shute and Lewis
Acetylcholine transmission in the central nervous system
Butyrylcholinesterase – a connection with Alzheimer’s disease?
Anticholinesterases – organophosphorous toxicity and an incident in Morocco, 1959
Anticholinesterases – DFP and safety precautions
The Biology of Cholinesterases, 1974 - comprehensive review of function and distribution of cholinesterases in vertebrates and invertebrates
Ethical matters – out of the lab to become Information Officer
Ethical editor on the Journal of Physiology
Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 – animal experiments
