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2730375

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-7-7
pubmed:abstractText
In the brains of 21 patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and 10 nondemented controls, senile plaques (SPs), neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs), and three indexes of cholinergic function were quantified in the middle frontal (MF) and superior temporal (ST) cortex, the entorhinal cortex (HEN), and the prosubiculum (HPR) of the hippocampus. Control brains contained few SPs without preferential distribution in any of the brain regions examined, while NFTs were found almost exclusively in the HPR. In brains from patients with AD, an inverse relationship of SPs and NFTs was found in the brain regions examined; SPs were preferentially in the neocortex and NFTs preferentially in the hippocampus. The specific activities of choline acetyltransferase and acetylcholinesterase were reduced in all regions examined, while no significant change in the density of muscarinic binding sites was observed in any region. Numerous NFTs were associated with an earlier age at onset, while the presence of SPs was related to the cholinergic deficit in AD. Earlier-onset (less than 67 years) AD was also associated with a qualitative difference in the regional distribution of NFTs compared with cases with a later onset. In the latter group, most NFTs were observed in the hippocampus, a distribution pattern similar to that observed with normal aging. In AD cases with an earlier onset, NFTs were more globally distributed in the neocortex and allocortex.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0003-9942
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
46
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
634-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
A brain regional analysis of morphologic and cholinergic abnormalities in Alzheimer's disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't