Differential acetylcholine and choline concentrations in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1161-1164

  Jia, Jian Ping ^a   Jia, Jian Min ^b   Zhou, Wei Dong ^a   Xu, Min ^a   Chu, Chang Biao ^a   Yan, Xin ^a   Sun, Yong Xin ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b First Hospital of Handan   (China)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Alzheimer's disease; Cerebrospinal fluid; Choline; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOGENESIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CHOLINE; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 4444277513     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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