The Cholinergic Lesion of Alzheimer's Disease: Pivotal Factor or Side Show?
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A profound loss of cortical cholinergic innervation is a nearlyinvariant feature of advanced Alzheimer's disease (AD). The temporal course of this lesion and its relationship to other aspects of the disease have not yet been fully clarified. Despite assertions to the contrary, a review of the evidence suggests that a perturbation of cholinergic innervation is likelyto be present even in the veryearlystages of AD. This cholinergic lesion is unlikelyto be a major determinant of the clinical symptoms or of the neuropathological lesions. Nonetheless, it almost certainly contributes to the severityof the cognitive and behavioral deficits, especiallyin the areas of memoryand attention. The cholinergic lesion mayalso influence the progression of the neuropathological process through complex interactions with amyloidogenesis, τ phosphorylation and neuroplasticity.
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- Authors
- Mesulam, M.
- Affiliations
- Northwestern University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Mesulam, Marsel
- ORCID
- Mesulam, Marsel
- Venue
- Learning & Memory
- Publisher
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
- Published
- 2004-01
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 43-49
- ISSN
- 1072-0502 (ISSN-L)
- 1549-5485
- OpenAlex
- W2141650485
- Cited by
- 467
- References
- 89
- Citations by year
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- Type
- posted content
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Learning & Memory (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Aging (AG13854, P30AG013854)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Keywords
- Alzheimer's disease, cholinergic innervation, cholinergic lesions, cortical cholinergic neurons, early Alzheimer's disease, cognitive impairment, memory impairment, attention deficits, behavioral deficits, amyloidogenesis, tau phosphorylation, neuroplasticity, disease progression
- MeSH terms
- Acetylcholine, Alzheimer Disease, Animals, Attention, Brain, Cholinergic Fibers, Humans, Memory, Neuronal Plasticity, Phosphorylation, Neurofibrillary Tangles, Disease Progression, Plaque, Amyloid
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