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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