Username


Password

Forgot Password?

Preview

Sign-in free and Explore the Exciting World of BiomedExperts:
  • Over 1.500.000 Profiles
  • More than 1.800 Organizations worldwide
  • State of the Art Network Visualizations
  • Manage your own Profile
  • Locate Experts in your Country/Region
  • Locate Experts in your 1. and 2. Level Network
  • Connect to Experts Worldwide
1992Mesulam M M; Geula C
Overlap between acetylcholinesterase-rich and choline acetyltransferase-positive (cholinergic) axons in human cerebral cortex.
Brain research 1992;577(1):112-20.
The distribution of acetylcholinesterase-rich axons was compared to that of choline acetyltransferase-positive (cholinergic) axons in 28 major cytoarchitectonic divisions of the adult human cerebral cortex. Acetylcholinesterase-rich as well as choline acetyltransferase-positive cortical axons contained multiple varicosities. Each type of axon was more densely distributed in limbic-paralimbic regions of the brain. In all the cortical areas that were examined, the two markers displayed laminar and regional distribution patterns that were indistinguishable from each other. A method that allowed the concurrent visualization of both reaction products demonstrated that acetylcholinesterase and choline acetyltransferase were colocalized in the same axon. These observations show that there is probably a complete correspondence between choline acetyltransferase-positive and acetylcholinesterase-rich axons and that the acetylcholinesterase reaction can be used as a specific marker for cortical cholinergic axons in the adult human brain.

Post to CiteULike

Sign in free and see...

Visualized networks:
See your personal network in
sophisticated graphical views
GeoTargeted Searches:
Locate experts around the world
and connect with global collaborators
Research Profiles:
See the visualized research activity
of experts around the globe
Sign-in to see more