Nicotine receptor affinity and concentration

1. Alzheimer's disease has no effect on nicotine receptor affinity and concentration in humans.

   “Receptor affinity and concentration in samples of frontal cortex (Brodmann area 10) from patients with Alzheimer's disease were comparable to age-matched control values.”

   Humanspatients with Alzheimer's disease compared with controlsfrontal cortex (Brodmann area 10)

   Characterization of L-[3H]nicotine binding in human cerebral cortex: comparison between Alzheimer's disease and the normal

   Journal of neurochemistry·1 Dec 1986

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