"Basal Nucleus of Meynert" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A group of nerve cells in the SUBSTANTIA INNOMINATA that has wide projections to the NEOCORTEX and is rich in ACETYLCHOLINE and CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE. In PARKINSON DISEASE and ALZHEIMER DISEASE the nucleus undergoes degeneration.
| Descriptor ID |
D020532
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.211.730.885.287.249.880.100
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| Concept/Terms |
Basal Magnocellular Nucleus- Basal Magnocellular Nucleus
- Magnocellular Nucleus, Basal
- Nucleus, Basal Magnocellular
- Nucleus Basalis Magnocellularis
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| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Basal Nucleus of Meynert" by people in Profiles.
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Single-Trajectory Multiple-Target Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinsonian Mobility and Cognition. Mov Disord. 2022 03; 37(3):635-640.
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Sympathetic sprouting in visual cortex stimulated by cholinergic denervation rescues expression of two forms of long-term depression at layer 2/3 synapses. Neuroscience. 2010 Jul 14; 168(3):591-604.
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Orexin/hypocretin modulation of the basal forebrain cholinergic system: Role in attention. Brain Res. 2010 Feb 16; 1314:112-23.
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Age-dependent loss of NGF signaling in the rat basal forebrain is due to disrupted MAPK activation. Neurosci Lett. 2007 Feb 14; 413(2):110-4.
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Increased App expression in a mouse model of Down's syndrome disrupts NGF transport and causes cholinergic neuron degeneration. Neuron. 2006 Jul 06; 51(1):29-42.