Abstract
Adem, Abdu, Agneta Nordberg, Gösta Bucht and Bengt Winblad: Extraneural cholinergic markers in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. Prog. Neuro-Psychopharmacol. & Biol. Psychiat. 1986, 10 (3-5): 247-257. 1. 1. Muscarinic and nicotinic binding sites were analysed in lymphocytes from patients with Alzheimer's disease, Multi-infarct dementia, Parkinson's disease and age- matched controls. 2. 2. A significant decrease in the number of both muscarinic and nicotinic binding sites was obtained in lymphocytes from Alzheimer patients while in Parkinson patients a significant decrease was found only in the nicotinic binding sites. 3. 3. Using butyrylthiocholine as substrate, no change was observed in cholinesterase activity in plasma from Alzheimer patients, whereas a significant decrease in plasma cholinesterase activity was found in Parkinson patients.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 247-257 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Progress in Neuropsychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 3-5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1986 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Alzheimer's disease
- Multi-infarct dementia
- Parkinson's disease
- choline acetyltransferase
- cholinesterase
- muscarinic receptors
- nicotinic receptors
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pharmacology
- Biological Psychiatry
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