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The decline in cognitive functions in aged humans and in other species, or their loss in senile dementia of the Alzheimer’s type (SDAT), is attributed mainly to an impairment of cholinergic activity in the brain cortex and hippocampus.
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Angelucci, L., Alemà, G.S., Imperato, A., Castorina, M., Ramacci, M.T., Scrocco, M.G. (1991). Aging of the Cholinergic Synapse in the Rat’s Hippocampus: Effect of Acetyl-L-Carnitine. 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_16
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