Dementia with Lewy bodies: Choline acetyltransferase parallels nucleus basalis pathology

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 106, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 525-535

  Lippa, C F ^a   Smith, T W ^b   Perry, E ^c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Alzheimer's disease; ChAT; Dementia; Lewy body; Nucleus basalis of Meynert

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEWY BODY; MALE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033054371     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007020050176     Document Type: Article

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