A confocal microscopic analysis of galaninergic hyperinnervation of cholinergic basal forebrain neurons in Alzheimer's disease

Brain Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 723-730

  Bowser, Robert ^a   Kordower, Jeffrey H ^b   Mufson, Elliott J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; GALANIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC SYNAPSE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FOREBRAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0030977684     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.1997.tb01058.x     Document Type: Article

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