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Neocortical infarction in subhuman primates leads to restricted morphological damage of the cholinergic neurons in the nucleus basalis of Meynert.
Brain research - 13 Jun 1994
Liberini P, Pioro E P, Maysinger D, Cuello A C
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the present study was to investigate the long-term effect of cortical infarction on the subhuman primate (Cercopithecus aethiops) basal forebrain. The lesion, carried out by cauterizing the pial blood vessels supplying the left fronto-parieto-temporal neocortex, induced retrograde degenerative processes within the ipsilateral nucleus basalis of Meynert. The morphometrical analysis revealed that...
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