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It is now well accepted that cholinergic nerve terminals possess muscarinic autoreceptors which mediates the inhibition of acetylcholine (ACh) release in rat brain (Molenaar and Polak, 1970; Marchi et al., 1981). A muscarinic receptor mediated mechanism similar to that present in the rodent was proposed to exist, on the basis of indirect evidence, also in human brain (Marek et al., 1982; Nordstrom et al., 1982; Nilsson et al., 1987).
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Marchi, M. et al. (1991). Presynaptic Cholinergic Mechanisms in Human Cerebral Cortex of Adult and Aged Patients. In: Becker, R., Giacobini, E. (eds) Cholinergic Basis for Alzheimer Therapy. Advances in Alzheimer Disease Therapy. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6738-1_11
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