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The topography of nerve cell loss from the locus caeruleus in elderly persons.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  2755557     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A topographical analysis of nerve cell loss from the locus caeruleus in "mentally normal" old people shows cell loss to be uniformly diffuse throughout the whole nucleus with no preferential involvement of any one particular area. Such findings contrast with those of ours on Alzheimer's disease and suggest differing mechanisms underlying the cell loss of old age and Alzheimer's disease. Cell loss in Alzheimer's disease is thought to relate to primary pathogenetic events in terminal fields of cerebral cortex. In "normal" old age, cell loss may be determined by changes occurring at perikaryal level possibly in respect of the cytotoxic effects of noradrenaline degradation and neuromelanin accumulation.
Authors:
B Marcyniuk; D M Mann; P O Yates
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Neurobiology of aging     Volume:  10     ISSN:  0197-4580     ISO Abbreviation:  Neurobiol. Aging     Publication Date:    1989 Jan-Feb
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1989-08-31     Completed Date:  1989-08-31     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8100437     Medline TA:  Neurobiol Aging     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  5-9     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, University of Manchester, Great Britain.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aging / pathology*
Cell Count
Cell Survival
Female
Humans
Locus Coeruleus / pathology*
Male
Middle Aged
Neurons / pathology

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