Regional heterogeneity of choline acetyltransferase activity in primate neocortex
Brain ResearchPublished 1 November 1984
John Lehmann, Robert G. Struble, Piero Antuono, Joseph T. Coyle, Linda C. Cork, Donald L. Price
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Choline acetyltransferase activity in precentral and temporal regions of primate neocortex is 2.5-fold higher than in occipital cortex, suggesting large differences in the density of innervation in different regions of primates by the nucleus basalis of Meynert.
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Choline acetyltransferase activity in precentral and temporal regions of primate neocortex is 2.5-fold higher than in occipital cortex. These results suggest large differences in the density of innervation in different regions of primate neocortex by the nucleus basalis of Meynert.
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