Inhibition of hippocampal function in mild cognitive impairment: Targeting the cholinergic hypothesis

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 78-87

  Gron G ^a   Brandenburg, I ^a   Wunderlich, A P ^a   Riepe, M W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Alzheimer; Episodic memory; fMRI; Mild cognitive impairment; Spatial navigation

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; GALANTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGED; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; GALANTAMINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MEMORY; NEURAL INHIBITION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27744443298     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2004.12.005     Document Type: Article

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