The systems-level organization of cholinergic innervation in the human cerebral cortex and its alterations in Alzheimer's disease

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 109, Issue , 1996, Pages 285-297

  Mesulam, M M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030446775     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)62112-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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