Diagnosed with dementia of the Alzheimer type

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The psychiatric nurse practitioner is seeing a 71-year-old African American male, who has been diagnosed with dementia of the Alzheimer's type (DAT) and is prescribed rivastigmine. The hypothesized efficacy of this medication is primarily due to its:

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