Pathology and neurotransmitter abnormalities of dementia with Lewy bodies

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages 3-14

  Duda, John E ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha synuclein; Dementia with Lewy bodies; Neuropathology; Neurotransmitters

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; LEVODOPA; MUSCARINIC M1 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M3 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M4 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M5 RECEPTOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN STEM; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREBRAIN; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LEWY BODY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MEMORY DISORDER; MESENCEPHALON; MEYNERT BASAL NUCLEUS; NEOCORTEX; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURITE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SENILE PLAQUE; SIDE EFFECT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TEGMENTUM; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; HUMANS; LEWY BODIES; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURITES; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 0347380123     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000074677     Document Type: Review

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