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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-8-28
pubmed:abstractText
Observations were made with the electron microscope on biopsies from the frontal cerebral cortex of four patients showing the clinical symptoms of advanced Alzheimer's disease (AD). Sections from all four biopsies showed neuronal dendrites, and to a lesser extent, perikarya, packed with paired helical filaments (PHFs) and a correlated complete loss of the normal content of microtubules. It was usually impossible to visualize the beginning and end of the PHF since it passed out of the plane of section. However, not infrequently, PHFs could be seen apparently arising at or from the surfaces of cytomembranes. Such membranes (in perikarya or dendrite) often formed irregular stacks or lamellated bodies. These membranes were invariably agranular (i.e. not studded with ribosomes) and so might be considered as pathological forms of smooth endoplasmic reticulum (SER). A correlation is established between the known biochemical nature of PHFs and their postulated membrane origin.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0305-1846
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
91-110
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Alzheimer's disease: paired helical filaments and cytomembranes.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't