Stability of neuronal number in the human nucleus basalis of Meynert with age |
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Authors: | H C Chui W Bondareff C Zarow U Slager |
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Affiliation: | Andrus Gerontology Center and the Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry and Pathology University of Southern California, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90007, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Numbers of neurons in the nucleus basalis of Meynert were estimated in seventeen non-demented patients who died of chronic hepatic or cardiopulmonary disease. Neurons were counted at the site of maximal neuronal density (SMND). This site was chosen by reviewing serial sections around the decussation of the anterior commissure and appeared to be comparable in different individuals. No correlation between numbers of neurons and age could be found. It appears that no uniform neuronal loss occurs in the nucleus basalis with age. Taken together with biochemical studies of cerebral cortical choline acetyltransferase activity, these findings suggest that there is no overall change in cholinergic input to cerebral cortex with age. |
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Keywords: | Aging Nucleus basalis of Meynert Cholinergic system |
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