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Hippocampal place cell dysfunction and the effects of muscarinic M1 receptor agonism in a rat model of Alzheimer's disease.
Hippocampus - 1 Aug 2018
Galloway Claire R, Ravipati Kaushik, Singh Suyashi, Lebois Evan P, Cohen Robert M, Levey Allan I, Manns Joseph R
Abstract excerpt
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that disproportionately impacts memory and the hippocampus. However, it is unclear how AD pathology influences the activity of surviving neurons in the hippocampus to contribute to the memory symptoms in AD. One well-understood connection between spatial memory and neuronal activity in healthy brains is the activity of place cells, neurons in the hippocampus...
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