Alzheimer disease: evidence for selective loss of cholinergic neurons in the nucleus basalis

PJ Whitehouse, DL Price, AW Clark… - Annals of Neurology …, 1981 - Wiley Online Library
The nucleus basalis of Meynert provides diffuse cholinergic input to the neocortex. When
compared with an age‐and sex‐matched control, the nucleus basalis from a patient with …

Basal forebrain neurons in the dementia of Parkinson disease

PJ Whitehouse, JC Hedreen… - Annals of Neurology …, 1983 - Wiley Online Library
Demented patients with Parkinson disease share certain neuropathological and
neurochemical features with patients suffering from Alzheimer disease. Recently, loss of …

Parkinson's disease: neuron loss in the nucleus basalis without concomitant Alzheimer's disease

I Nakano, A Hirano - Annals of Neurology: Official Journal of …, 1984 - Wiley Online Library
A representative region of the nucleus basalis of Meynert was investigated in 11 patients
with idiopathic Parkinson's disease and compared with the identical region in 13 age …

Topography of the magnocellular basal forebrain system in human brain

JC Hedreen, RG Struble… - Journal of …, 1984 - academic.oup.com
In primates, the large neurons in the nucleus basalis of Meynert (nbM), nucleus of the
diagonal band of Broca (dbB), and medial septum are part of a cholinergic system with direct …

The nucleus basalis of Meynert in neurological disease: a quantitative morphological study

JD Rogers, D Brogan, SS Mirra - Annals of Neurology: Official …, 1985 - Wiley Online Library
The recent finding of neuronal degeneration in the nucleus basalis of Meynert (nbM) in
Alzheimer's disease suggests a possible role of this nucleus and the cholinergic system in …

Loss of neurons in the nucleus basalis of Meynert in Alzheimer's disease, paralysis agitans and Korsakoff's disease

T Arendt, V Bigl, A Arendt, A Tennstedt - Acta neuropathologica, 1983 - Springer
The nucleus basalis of Meynert, the major source of cholinergic innervation of the cerebral
cortex, was morphometrically investigated in 58 cases of neuropsychiatric disorders and …

The nucleus basalis in Alzheimer's disease: cell counts and cortical biochemistry

GK Wilcock, MM Esiri, DM Bowen… - Neuropathology and …, 1983 - Wiley Online Library
THE NUCLEUS BASALIS IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: CELL COUNTS AND
CORTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY Page 1 Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology 1983, 9 …

A reappraisal of the functions of the nucleus basalis of Meynert

RT Richardson, MR DeLong - Trends in neurosciences, 1988 - cell.com
The nucleus basalis of Meynert (NBM) has recently been identified as the primary source of
acetylcholine (ACh) in the cerebral cortex. Damage to the NBM in Alzheimer's disease …

The role of the nucleus basalis of Meynert in dementia: review and reconsideration

JL Cummnings, DF Benson - Alzheimer Disease & Associated …, 1987 - journals.lww.com
The nucleus basalis of Meynert (nbM), a cholinergic nuclear group located in the
sublenticular region, receives afferent input principally from the limbic system and projects to …

Cell loss and shrinkage in the nucleus basalis Meynert complex in Alzheimer's disease

OJM Vogels, CAJ Broere, HJ Ter Laak… - Neurobiology of …, 1990 - Elsevier
Marked neuron loss in the nucleus basalis of Meynert complex (NBMC) in Alzheimer's
disease has repeatedly been reported in the literature. However, most of these studies …