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The neurons of the monkey basal nucleus of Meynert are shown to contain a protein indistinguishable from the chicken intestinal 28kd vitamin D-dependent calcium-binding protein (Calbindin-D 28k; CBP). CBP is thought to shuttle and buffer Ca++-ions, thus regulating the intracellular calcium distribution and concentration. Our observation may engender interest in searching for the role of Vitamin D-metabolites, the CBP and calcium-ions in the physiology and pathology of nucleus basalis Meynert neurons.
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Dedicated to Dr. Ennio Rossetti, Ambri, on occasion of his 66th birthday
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Celio, M.R., Norman, A.W. Nucleus basalis Meynert neurons contain the vitamin D-induced calcium-binding protein (Calbindin-D 28k). Anat Embryol 173, 143–148 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00316296
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