High affinity choline transporter status in Alzheimer's disease tissue from rapid autopsy

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 777, Issue , 1996, Pages 197-204

  Bissette, G ^c   Seidler, F J ^a   Nemeroff, C B ^b   Slotkin, T A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Duke University Medical Center ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL TRANSPORT; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMENTIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE ENDING; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUTAMEN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0029873573     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb34419.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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