Links between amyloid and Tau biology in Alzheimer's disease and their cholinergic aspects

Exploring the Vertebrate Central Cholinergic Nervous System

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 597-656

  Siegel, George J ^a,b   Chauhan, Neelima ^a,c   Karczma, Alexander G ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-46526-5_10     Document Type: Chapter

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