Neurotransmitter enzyme abnormalities in senile dementia. Choline acetyltransferase and glutamic acid decarboxylase activities in necropsy brain tissue

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1977, Pages 247-265

  Perry, Elaine K ^a   Gibson, Peter H ^a   Blessed, Garry ^a   Perry, Robert H ^a   Tomlinson, Bernard E ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CYTOLOGY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; SENILE DEMENTIA;

EID: 84886631402     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-510X(77)90073-9     Document Type: Article

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