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Cortical Cholinergic Lesion Causes Aβ Deposition: Cholinergic-Amyloid Fusion Hypothesis

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Advances in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease

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Beach, T. et al. (2008). Cortical Cholinergic Lesion Causes Aβ Deposition: Cholinergic-Amyloid Fusion Hypothesis. In: Fisher, A., Memo, M., Stocchi, F., Hanin, I. (eds) Advances in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease. Advances in Behavioral Biology, vol 57. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72076-0_44

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