GLUCOSE METABOLISM AND ACETYLCHOLINE SYNTHESIS IN RELATION TO NEURONAL ACTIVITY IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

The Lancet

Volumn 315, Issue 8164, 1980, Pages 333-336

  Sims, N R ^a,b   Smith, C C T ^a,b   Davison, A N ^a,b   Bowen, D M ^a,b   Flack, R H A ^a,b   Snowden, J S ^a,b   Neary, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE C 14; RADIOISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN CELL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DRUG ANALYSIS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM; RATS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0018913392     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(80)90884-3     Document Type: Article

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