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Lipopigment Changes in Purkinje Cells in Alzheimer's Disease
J.H. Dowson1, C.Q. Mountjoy, M.R. Cairns
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 2QQ, UK.
Journal of Alzheimer'S Disease : JAD
|September 6, 2002
Abstract:
Cerebellar tissue was examined from 22 patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and from an age-matched group of 20 non-diseased subjects. Intraneuronal lipopigment in the bodies of 1344 Purkinje cells (PCs) (32 per brain) was identified by fluorescence microscopy. The mean total area (per PC) of the outlines of discrete regions of lipopigment in a PC perikaryon for the AD-related group of PCs was significantly greater than the mean for the comparison group (p<0.001). Also, the two groups of PCs showed significant (