1997
The acetylcholine releaser linopirdine increases parietal regional cerebral blood flow in Alzheimer’s disease
van Dyck C, Lin C, Robinson R, Cellar J, Smith E, Nelson J, Arnsten A, Hoffer P. The acetylcholine releaser linopirdine increases parietal regional cerebral blood flow in Alzheimer’s disease. Psychopharmacology 1997, 132: 217-226. PMID: 9292621, DOI: 10.1007/s002130050339.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRegional cerebral blood flowParietal regional cerebral blood flowCerebral blood flowAlzheimer's diseaseAD patientsBlood flowDouble-blind trialWeeks of treatmentAD drug therapyProbable Alzheimer's diseaseParietal association cortexSingle photon emissionPlacebo TIDRCBF abnormalitiesCholinergic drugsDrug therapyHealthy controlsRCBF ratiosPharmacological interventionsHealthy subjectsAssociation cortexPatientsLinopirdineBrain regionsNeuropsychological function
1984
Selective prefrontal cortical projections to the region of the locus coeruleus and raphe nuclei in the rhesus monkey
Arnsten A, Goldman-Rakic PS. Selective prefrontal cortical projections to the region of the locus coeruleus and raphe nuclei in the rhesus monkey. Brain Research 1984, 306: 9-18. PMID: 6466989, DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(84)90351-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRaphe nucleusLocus coeruleusDorsal prefrontal cortexInferior temporal gyrusCortical areasPrefrontal cortexCortical projectionsRhesus monkeysTemporal gyrusAnterograde labeling techniquesCentral superior raphe nucleiPrefrontal cortical projectionsNoradrenergic locus coeruleusContralateral locus coeruleusParietal association cortexSuperior raphe nucleusDorsolateral prefrontal cortexSerotonergic dorsalLabeled fibersCerebral cortexCortical injectionsOrbital prefrontal cortexMonoaminergic innervationRaphe regionSomatosensory cortex