Reduction of cortical TrkA but not p75NTR protein in early‐stage Alzheimer's disease

@article{Counts2004ReductionOC,
  title={Reduction of cortical TrkA but not p75NTR protein in early‐stage Alzheimer's disease},
  author={Scott E. Counts and Muhammad Nadeem and Joanne Wuu and Stephen D. Ginsberg and H. Uri Saragovi and Elliott J. Mufson},
  journal={Annals of Neurology},
  year={2004},
  volume={56}
}
Degeneration of cholinergic nucleus basalis (NB) cortical projection neurons is associated with cognitive decline in late‐stage Alzheimer's disease (AD). NB neuron survival is dependent on coexpression of the nerve growth factor (NGF) receptors p75NTR and TrkA, which bind NGF in cortical projection sites. We have shown previously a significant reduction of NB perikarya expressing p75NTR and TrkA protein during the early stages of AD. Whether there is a concomitant reduction in cortical levels… 
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