Cholinergic plasticity in hippocampus of individuals with mild cognitive impairment: Correlation with Alzheimer's neuropathology

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-48

  Ikonomovic, Milos D ^a   Mufson, Elliott J ^b   Wuu, Joanne ^b   Cochran, Elizabeth J ^b   Bennett, David A ^b   DeKosky, Steven T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DENERVATION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

EID: 0347091262     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2003-5106     Document Type: Article

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