Nucleus basalis magnocellularis

Wenk, G. L. (1997). The nucleus basalis magnocellularis cholinergic system one hundred years of progress. Neurobiol. Learn. Mem. 67, 85-95. 

Cecchi, M., Passani, M. B., Bacciottini, L., Mannaioni, P. F. and Blandina, P. Cortical acetylcholine release elicited by stimulation of histamine HI receptors in the nucleus basalis magnocellularis a dual-probe microdialysis study in the freely moving rat. Eur. J. Neurosci. 13 68-78, 2001. 

The cholinergic pathways in the mammalian brain are extremely diffuse and arise from cell bodies located in the hindbrain and the midbrain. Of these areas, there has been considerable interest of late in the nucleus basalis magnocellularis of Meynert because this region appears to be particularly affected in some patients with familial Alzheimer s disease. As the projections from this area innervate the cortex, it has been speculated... 

Farooqui A. A., Wallace L. J., and Horrocks L. A. (1991). Stimulation of mono- and diacylglycerol lipase activities in ibotenate-induced lesions of nucleus basalis magnocellularis. Neurosci. Lett. 131 97-99. 

De Micheli E, Chang MCJ. Rapoport SI. In vivo imaging of cortical membrane remodeling in rats with chronic unilateral ablation of nucleus basalis magnocellularis use of radiolabeled palmitic acid. Brain Res 1996 735 36-41. 

Nariai T, DeGeorge JJ, Lamour Y. Rapoport SL In vivo brain incorporation of [1- C]arachidonate in awake rats, with or without cholinergic stimulation, following unilateral lesioning of nucleus basalis magnocellularis. Brain Res 1991 559 1-9. 

Hartgraves, S.L., Mensah, P.L., and Kelly, P.H., Regional decreases of cortical choline acetyltransferase after lesions of the septal area and in the area of the nucleus basalis magnocellularis. Neuroscience, 7, 2369, 1982. 

Dekker, A.J., Fagan, A.M., Gage, F.H. and Thai, L.J. (1994) Effects of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and nerve growth factor on remaining neurons in the lesioned nucleus basalis magnocellularis. Brain Res. 639 149-155. 

Skup, M.H., Figueiredo, B.C. and Cuello, A.C. (1994) Intraventricular application of BDNF and NT 3 failed to protect nucleus basalis magnocellularis cholinergic neurons. NeuroReport 5 1105-1109. 

Hasenohrl, R.U., Frisch, C., Junghans, U., MUller, H.W. and Huston, J.P. (1995) Facilitation of learning following injection of the chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan biglycan into the vicinity of the nucleus basalis magnocellularis. Behav. Brain Res. 70 59-67. 

Xiong, Z. Q Cheng, D. H.. and Tang, X. C. (1998). Effects of huperzine A on nucleus basalis magnocellularis lesion-induced spatial working memory deficit. Zhongguo Yao Li Xue Bao. 19, 128-132. 

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