"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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Raphe magnus neurons respond to noxious colorectal distension. J Neurophysiol. 2003 May; 89(5):2506-15.
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Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger in GABAergic presynaptic boutons of rat central neurons. J Neurophysiol. 2002 Apr; 87(4):1694-702.