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Monoaminergic neurotransmitter systems in presenile Alzheimer's disease and in senile dementia of Alzheimer type.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  6499296     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The number of nerve cells was counted in locus caeruleus, dorsal motor vagus, dorsal tegmental nucleus and substantia nigra and the volume of their nucleolus measured in 30 patients with Alzheimer's disease ranging from 48-92 years of age and in 67 control patients without neurological disease. Loss of nerve cells and reduction in nucleolar volume was greatest in the locus caeruleus and these changes were most severely expressed in the younger patients, falling with age such that by 90 years of age the level of damage approached that of old age alone. Less extensive changes were present in the dorsal tegmental nucleus and these were also age dependent in their severity. Moderate damage to the dorsal motor vagus was not age related. Nucleolar volume alone was altered in substantia nigra and then only significantly so in the younger patients.
Authors:
D M Mann; P O Yates; B Marcyniuk
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Clinical neuropathology     Volume:  3     ISSN:  0722-5091     ISO Abbreviation:  Clin. Neuropathol.     Publication Date:    1984 Sep-Oct
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1985-01-18     Completed Date:  1985-01-18     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8214420     Medline TA:  Clin Neuropathol     Country:  GERMANY, WEST    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  199-205     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Age Factors
Aged
Alzheimer Disease / pathology*
Brain / pathology*
Cell Nucleolus / ultrastructure
Dementia / pathology*
Female
Humans
Locus Coeruleus / pathology
Male
Middle Aged
Substantia Nigra / pathology
Tegmentum Mesencephali / pathology
Vagus Nerve / pathology

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