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Loss of nucleus basalis neurons containing trkA immunoreactivity in individuals with mild cognitive impairment and early Alzheimer's disease.
The Journal of comparative neurology - 6 Nov 2000
Mufson E J, Ma S Y, Cochran E J, Bennett D A, Beckett L A, Jaffar S, Saragovi H U, Kordower J H
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Recent studies indicate that there is a marked reduction in trkA-containing nucleus basalis neurons in end-stage Alzheimer's disease (AD). We used unbiased stereological counting procedures to determine whether these changes extend to individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) without dementia from a cohort of people enrolled in the Religious Orders Study. Thirty people (average age 84.7 years) came to...
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