Cholinergic nerve terminals establish classical synapses in the rat cerebral cortex: synaptic pattern and age-related atrophy

Central cholinergic pathways in the rat: An overview based on an alternative nomenclature (Ch1–Ch6)

M.‐Marsel Mesulam, Elliott J. Mufson, Bruce H. Wainer et al. · Neuroscience · 1983 · 2.3K citations

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

Peter J. Whitehouse, Donald L. Price, Arthur W. Clark et al. · Annals of Neurology · 1981 · 1.7K citations

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Distribution of alpha2, alpha3, alpha4, and beta2 neuronal nicotinic receptor subunit mRNAs in the central nervous system: A hybridization histochemical study in the rat

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Amelioration of cholinergic neuron atrophy and spatial memory impairment in aged rats by nerve growth factor

Walter Fischer, Klas Wictorin, Anders Björklund et al. · Nature · 1987 · 1K citations

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Mechanisms of action of acetylcholine in the guinea‐pig cerebral cortex in vitro.

David A. McCormick, David A. Prince · The Journal of Physiology · 1986 · 505 citations

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