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Cellular mechanisms for amyloid beta-protein activation of rat cholinergic basal forebrain neurons.
Journal of neurophysiology - 1 Sept 2001
Jhamandas J H, Cho C, Jassar B, Harris K, MacTavish D, Easaw J
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The deposition of amyloid beta-protein (Abeta) in the brain and the loss of cholinergic neurons in the basal forebrain are two pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Although the mechanism of Abeta neurotoxicity is unknown, these cholinergic neurons display a selective vulnerability...
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