NADPH-diaphorase histochemistry labels neurons containing nitric oxide synthase, the synthesizing for nitric oxide within the central nervous system. Quantitation revealed a statistically significant increase in the density of intensely (type 1) and moderately (type 2) but not lightly (type 3) NADPH-diaphorase stained neurons within the substantia innominata in AD as compared with age-matched controls. Increased numbers of NADPH-diaphorase neurons suggest excess nitric oxide production which may be neurotoxic to surrounding cholinergic neurons within the substantia innominata in Alzheimer's disease.
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RUSH PRESBYTERIAN ST LUKES MED CTR, RUSH ALZHEIMERS DIS CTR, CHICAGO, IL 60612 USARUSH PRESBYTERIAN ST LUKES MED CTR, RUSH ALZHEIMERS DIS CTR, CHICAGO, IL 60612 USA
MUFSON, EJ
KORDOWER, JH
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MUFSON, EJ
KORDOWER, JH
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