Behavioral neuroanatomy of cholinergic innervation in the primate cerebral cortex.
This brief review summarizes the anatomy and behavioral affiliations of cortical cholinergic innervation. A depletion of this innervation has been reported in a number of human neurodegenerative conditions (including Alzheimer's disease) and may contribute to the genesis of the associated behavioral disturbances.
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Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA 02215.
D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D011323:Primates
D000109:Acetylcholine