Preserved acetylcholinesterase activity in aged cerebral cortex

Lancet

Volumn 351, Issue 9106, 1998, Pages 881-882

  Namba, Hiroki ^a   Iyo, Masaomi ^b   Shinotoh, Hitoshi ^b   Nagatsuka, Sin Ichiro ^b   Fukushi, Kiyoshi ^b   Irie, Toshiaki ^b  

^a CHIBA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032554470     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)70293-2     Document Type: Article

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