The functional organization of the basal forebrain cholinergic system in primates and the role of this system in Alzheimer's disease

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1985:444:287-95. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1985.tb37597.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Acetylcholinesterase / metabolism
  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Alzheimer Disease / physiopathology*
  • Animals
  • Brain / physiopathology*
  • Choline O-Acetyltransferase / metabolism
  • Cholinergic Fibers / physiopathology*
  • Down Syndrome / physiopathology
  • Haplorhini
  • Hippocampus / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Neural Pathways / physiopathology
  • Parkinson Disease / physiopathology
  • Receptors, Cholinergic / physiology*
  • Receptors, Muscarinic / physiology
  • Septum Pellucidum / physiopathology
  • Substantia Innominata / physiopathology

Substances

  • Receptors, Cholinergic
  • Receptors, Muscarinic
  • Choline O-Acetyltransferase
  • Acetylcholinesterase