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Lack of association between a single nucleotide polymorphism within the choline acetyltransferase gene and patients with Alzheimer's disease.
Neuroscience letters - 12 Jun 2003
Schwarz S, Eisele T, Diehl J, Müller U, Förstl H, Kurz A, Riemenschneider M
Abstract excerpt
Alterations of the cholinergic system may account for typical clinical and pathophysiological disturbances of Alzheimer's disease (AD). In particular, a marked decline of choline acetyltransferase activity (CHAT) and as a consequence of acetylcholine during the course of the disease has been described. Due to the chromosomal localization of CHAT at 10q11.23 and its possible role in the pathophysiology of AD, CHAT...
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