NEUROTRANSMITTER-RELATED ENZYMES IN SENILE DEMENTIA OF THE ALZHEIMER TYPE

被引:611
作者
DAVIES, P
机构
[1] Department of Pathology (Neuropathology), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx
关键词
D O I
10.1016/0006-8993(79)90336-6
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Choline acetyltransferase (ChAT), acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) activities were measured in 20 brain regions from autopsied control and senile dementia of the Alzheimer type (SDAT) cases. Large, widespread reductions in the activities of ChAT and AChE were found in tissues from SDAT cases, while GAD activities were reduced in 3 of the 20 regions investigated. AChE activity in cerebrospinal fluid from SDAT cases was similar to that found in samples from non-demented patients. © 1979.
引用
收藏
页码:319 / 327
页数:9
相关论文
共 25 条
[1]  
ADOLFSSON R, 1978, ALZHEIMERS DISEASE S
[2]   NEUROTRANSMITTER-RELATED ENZYMES AND INDEXES OF HYPOXIA IN SENILE DEMENTIA AND OTHER ABIOTROPHIES [J].
BOWEN, DM ;
SMITH, CB ;
WHITE, P ;
DAVISON, AN .
BRAIN, 1976, 99 (SEP) :459-496
[3]   REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF MUSCARINIC ACETYLCHOLINE-RECEPTOR IN NORMAL AND ALZHEIMERS-TYPE DEMENTIA BRAINS [J].
DAVIES, P ;
VERTH, AH .
BRAIN RESEARCH, 1977, 138 (02) :385-392
[4]  
DAVIES P, 1976, LANCET, V2, P1403
[5]   PHYSOSTIGMINE - IMPROVEMENT OF LONG-TERM-MEMORY PROCESSES IN NORMAL HUMANS [J].
DAVIS, KL ;
MOHS, RC ;
TINKLENBERG, JR ;
PFEFFERBAUM, A ;
KOPELL, BS ;
HOLLISTER, LE .
SCIENCE, 1978, 201 (4352) :272-274
[6]   HUMAN MEMORY AND CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM - RELATIONSHIP TO AGING [J].
DRACHMAN, DA ;
LEAVITT, J .
ARCHIVES OF NEUROLOGY, 1974, 30 (02) :113-121
[7]   A NEW AND RAPID COLORIMETRIC DETERMINATION OF ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE ACTIVITY [J].
ELLMAN, GL ;
COURTNEY, KD ;
ANDRES, V ;
FEATHERSTONE, RM .
BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY, 1961, 7 (02) :88-&
[9]  
GREENFIELD SA, 1977, J PHYSIOL-LONDON, V265, pP27
[10]   PREVALENCE AND MALIGNANCY OF ALZHEIMER-DISEASE - MAJOR KILLER [J].
KATZMAN, R .
ARCHIVES OF NEUROLOGY, 1976, 33 (04) :217-218