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The Cholinergic Basal Forebrain and its Telencephalic Targets: Interrelations and Implications for Cognitive Function

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The brain, the organ of cognition, possesses the remarkable ability to process, integrate, and transform information from diverse knowledge domains. The mechanisms by which it performs those operations have remained elusive, however, not only because of the intricacies of the neural systems involved but also because of the inherent complexities at the behavioral level of cognitive processes themselves.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, 27710, Durham, NC, USA

    Edward D. Levin

  2. Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL, 60064, USA

    Michael W. Decker

  3. Laboratory of Chemical Neuroanatomy, Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90024-1563, USA

    Larry L. Butcher

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Butcher, L.L. (1992). The Cholinergic Basal Forebrain and its Telencephalic Targets: Interrelations and Implications for Cognitive Function. In: Levin, E.D., Decker, M.W., Butcher, L.L. (eds) Neurotransmitter Interactions and Cognitive Function. Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9843-5_2

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