Regional distribution of alpha-synuclein pathology in unimpaired aging and Alzheimer disease

The amygdaloid complex (AC) was found highly vulnerable to α-synuclein (αS) pathology in both familial and sporadic Alzheimer disease (AD), and recently, incidental Lewy bodies (LBs) were identified primarily in the lower brainstem. This challenges the traditional view that the substantia nigra (SN)...

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Main Authors: Parkkinen, L, Soininen, H, Alafuzoff, I
Format: Journal article
Published: Oxford University Press 2003