path(MESH:Aging) negativeCorrelation p(HGNCGENEFAMILY:"Cholinergic receptors nicotinic subunits")
However, loss of brain nAChRs precedes that of muscarinic receptors during normal aging, and it is often much more extensive in human brains afflicted with AD relative to age-matched controls (236, 308, 373, 374, 416, 519). In fact, alpha4 nAChR expression can decrease by >80% in the AD brain (306, 374).
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