Alzheimer's disease: correlation of cortical choline acetyltransferase activity with the severity of dementia and histological abnormalities

GK Wilcock, MM Esiri, DM Bowen, CCT Smith - Journal of the neurological …, 1982 - Elsevier
We have examined the choline acetyltransferase [CAT] activity in autopsy samples of frontal
and temporal lobe cortex from 47 patients (31 with Alzheimer's disease, 4 with dementia due …

Polymersome carriers: from self-assembly to siRNA and protein therapeutics

DA Christian, S Cai, DM Bowen, Y Kim… - European Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
Polymersomes are polymer-based vesicular shells that form upon hydration of amphiphilic
block copolymers. These high molecular weight amphiphiles impart physicochemical …

Choline acetyltransferase activity and histopathology of frontal neocortex from biopsies of demented patients

DM Bowen, JS Benton, JA Spillane, CCT Smith… - Journal of the …, 1982 - Elsevier
Cortical biopsies were taken from the frontal lobe of 25 patients with presenile dementia.
Choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) activity, and in some specimens the high affinity uptake of …

Neurotransmitter-related enzymes and indices of hypoxia in senile dementia and other abiotrophies.

DM Bowen, CB Smith, P White… - Brain: a journal of …, 1976 - europepmc.org
Fifty-six brains from middle-aged and elderly normal as well as demented subjects and
patients with provisional clinical diagnosis of other neurological and psychiatric diseases …

Biochemical assessment of serotonergic and cholinergic dysfunction and cerebral atrophy in Alzheimer's disease

DM Bowen, SJ Allen, JS Benton… - Journal of …, 1983 - Wiley Online Library
Markers of serotonin synapses in entire temporal lobe and frontal and temporal neocortex
were examined for changes in Alzheimer's disease by use of both neurosurgical and …

Neurochemical studies of early-onset Alzheimer's disease: possible influence on treatment

PT Francis, AM Palmer, NR Sims… - … England Journal of …, 1985 - Mass Medical Soc
Multiple neurotransmitter deficits found in recent autopsy studies of patients with Alzheimer's
disease may militate against the success of" simple cholinergic replacement" as treatment …

Presynaptic cholinergic dysfunction in patients with dementia

NR Sims, DM Bowen, SJ Allen… - Journal of …, 1983 - Wiley Online Library
Indices of presynaptic cholinergic nerve endings were assayed in neocortical biopsy
samples from patients with presenile dementia. For those patients in whom Alzheimer's …

Neocortical cholinergic neurons in elderly people

P White, MJ Goodhardt, JP Keet, CR Hiley… - The Lancet, 1977 - Elsevier
Choline acetyltransferase activity (presynaptic cholinergic system) and high affinity binding
of cholinergic antagonists (postsynaptic cholinergic system) were measured in brain tissue …

Monoaminergic innervation of the frontal and temporal lobes in Alzheimer's disease

AM Palmer, GK Wilcock, MM Esiri, PT Francis… - Brain research, 1987 - Elsevier
Seven markers of ascending (corticopetal) dopaminergic, noradrenergic and serotonergic
neurones and choline acetyltransferase activity have been studied postmortem in frontal and …

Presynaptic serotonergic dysfunction in patients with Alzheimer's disease

AM Palmer, PT Francis, JS Benton… - Journal of …, 1987 - Wiley Online Library
Indices of presynaptic serotonergic nerve endings were assayed in neocortical biopsy
samples from patients with histologically verified Alzheimer's disease. The concentrations of …