Distribution of AMPA receptor subunits in the nucleus basalis of Meynert in aged humans: Implications for selective neuronal degeneration

Brain Research

Volumn 716, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 229-232

  Ikonomovic, Milos D ^a   Armstrong, David M ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; Alzheimer's disease; AMPA; cholinergic; glutamate; human; nucleus basalis; receptor

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030006478     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00067-4     Document Type: Article

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