Cholinergic Involvement in Neurodegenerative Diseases

Volume 209
Herausgeber: Cuello, A Claudio

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Cholinergic Involvement in Neurodegenerative Diseases, Volume 209 reviews cholinergic function in the brain as it relates to Neurodegenerative disorders. Coverage includes Alzheimer’s, dementia, Down Syndrome, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, ALS, and more. In addition, the anatomy of the cholinergic system is described as well as the distribution and function of receptors.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780443190889
• ISBN-10: 0443190887
• Artikelnr.: 71850696

Inhaltsangabe

1. The history of the CNS cholinergic transmission
2. Organization of the basal forebrain cholinergic system in the human
brain
3. The cholinergic synapses
4. Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the brain
5. Cognition and modulation of the cholinergic system
6. The involvement cholinergic system in Alzheimer disease
7. Structural changes to the basal forebrain cholinergic system in the
continuum of the Alzheimer’s pathology
8. The NGF dependence of the basal forebrain cholinergic system
9. NGF based cholinergic therapies in Alzheimer disease
10. Memory network and cognitive reserve are associated with preserved and
stimulated cholinergic neurotransmission
11. Cholinergic therapy in Alzheimer’s disease
12. CNS muscarinic receptors agonists in Alzheimer’s disease treatment
13. The Cholinergic system in down syndrome
14. The Cholinergic system in Parkinson disease
15. The Cholinergic system in dementia with lewy bodies
16. Epilogue. Standing on the shoulders of giants-Charting the future of
cholinergic research