"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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Below are the most recent publications written about "Basal Nucleus of Meynert" by people in Profiles.
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Barrett MJ, Sperling SA, Blair JC, Freeman CS, Flanigan JL, Smolkin ME, Manning CA, Druzgal TJ. Lower volume, more impairment: reduced cholinergic basal forebrain grey matter density is associated with impaired cognition in Parkinson disease. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2019 11; 90(11):1251-1256.
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Deeb W, Okun MS, Almeida L. Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson Disease Dementia: A New Frontier? JAMA Neurol. 2018 02 01; 75(2):152-153.