Title: Cholinotoxic effects of beta-amyloid (1-42) peptide on cortical projections of the rat nucleus basalis magnocellularis Harkany T, Lengyel Z, Soos K, Penke B, Luiten PG, Gulya K Ref: Brain Research, 695:71, 1995 : PubMed
Beta-amyloid(1-42) peptide (betaAP) was injected into the right nucleus basalis magnocellularis (nbm) of rats. After a 14-day survival time, the acetylcholinesterase and choline acetyltransferase activities and the number of muscarinic receptors were found biochemically to be significantly reduced in the ipsilateral frontal cortices. Confirmation of these data with silver staining also revealed degeneration of the projective fibers of the nbm to the frontal cortex. These results demonstrate the cholinotoxicity of betaAP in an in vivo animal model.
        
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Harkany T, Lengyel Z, Soos K, Penke B, Luiten PG, Gulya K (1995) Cholinotoxic effects of beta-amyloid (1-42) peptide on cortical projections of the rat nucleus basalis magnocellularis Brain Research695: 71-5
Harkany T, Lengyel Z, Soos K, Penke B, Luiten PG, Gulya K (1995) Brain Research695: 71-5