Basal Nucleus of Meynert

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A group of nerve cells in the substantia innominata that has wide projections to the neocortex and is rich in acetylcholine and choline acetyltransferase. In Parkinson and Alzheimer diseases the nucleus undergoes degeneration.

Descriptor ID

D020532

MeSH Number(s)

A08.186.211.730.885.287.249.880.100

Concept/Terms

Basal Nucleus of Meynert

Nucleus Basalis Magnocellularis

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Anatomy [A]
Nervous System [A08]
Central Nervous System [A08.186]
Brain [A08.186.211]
Prosencephalon [A08.186.211.730]
Telencephalon [A08.186.211.730.885]
Cerebrum [A08.186.211.730.885.287]
Basal Ganglia [A08.186.211.730.885.287.249]
Substantia Innominata [A08.186.211.730.885.287.249.880]
Basal Nucleus of Meynert [A08.186.211.730.885.287.249.880.100]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1999	0	1	1
2001	2	0	2
2004	1	0	1
2005	2	1	3
2006	1	1	2
2007	1	0	1
2009	1	0	1
2010	1	0	1
2012	1	1	2
2013	1	0	1
2015	0	1	1
2017	1	0	1
2018	2	0	2
2019	1	0	1
2021	1	1	2

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Thalamic Dorsomedial Nucleus Free Water Correlates with Cognitive Decline in Parkinson's Disease. Mov Disord. 2022 03; 37(3):490-501.

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Neuropeptides of the human magnocellular hypothalamus. J Chem Neuroanat. 2021 11; 117:102003.

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Nucleus basalis of Meynert neuronal activity in Parkinson's disease. J Neurosurg. 2019 02 22; 132(2):574-582.

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From eyes-closed to eyes-open: Role of cholinergic projections in EC-to-EO alpha reactivity revealed by combining EEG and MRI. Hum Brain Mapp. 2019 02 01; 40(2):566-577.

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Multimodal Encoding of Novelty, Reward, and Learning in the Primate Nucleus Basalis of Meynert. J Neurosci. 2018 02 21; 38(8):1942-1958.

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Observer's anxiety facilitates magnocellular processing of clear facial threat cues, but impairs parvocellular processing of ambiguous facial threat cues. Sci Rep. 2017 11 09; 7(1):15151.

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A direct GABAergic output from the basal ganglia to frontal cortex. Nature. 2015 May 07; 521(7550):85-9.

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Involvement of the cholinergic basal forebrain nuclei in spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2). Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol. 2013 Oct; 39(6):634-43.

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Long-term modification of cortical synapses improves sensory perception. Nat Neurosci. 2013 Jan; 16(1):79-88.

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Nucleus basalis-enabled stimulus-specific plasticity in the visual cortex is mediated by astrocytes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Oct 09; 109(41):E2832-41.

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