diseases affecting the CNS cholinergic system
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Introduction
Diseases associated with neuronal loss/atrophy in the nucleus basalis of Meynert:
- Alzheimer's disease
- Parkinson's disease
- diffuse Lewy body disease or Lewy body dementia (LBD)
- far more severe than in Alzheimer's disease
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References
- ↑ Hansen L., Dementia with Lewy bodies, In: Alzheimer's Disease, 2nd ed, Terry RD et al ed, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 1999