PET study of cholinergic system in the brain

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-35

  Shinotoh, Hitoshi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Alzheimer's disease; Parkinson's disease; Positron emission tomography; Progressive supranuclear palsy

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NERVE DEGENERATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; HUMANS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0033021090     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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