INVOLVEMENT OF THE LOCUS COERULEUS IN PICKS DISEASE WITH OR WITHOUT PICK BODY FORMATION
INVOLVEMENT OF THE LOCUS COERULEUS IN PICKS DISEASE WITH OR WITHOUT PICK BODY FORMATION
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00294240
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发表时间:
1990-01-01
影响因子:
12.7
通讯作者:
AKASHI, T
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作者:
ARIMA, K;AKASHI, T
Brains affected by the fronto-temporal type of Pick''s disease were classified into two subgroups according to whether Pick bodies (PBs) were detectable in cerebral cortex (PB-positive group, six cases) or not (PB-negative group, eight cases), and examined neuropathologically. Controls included seven patients with non-degenerative diseases. The neuronal population in the locus coeruleus (LC) was estimated quantitatively in preparations from the middle part of the LC. The data were analyzed statistically by the Mann-Whitney U-test. Histological and ultrastructural studies were also carried out. The following results were obtained: (1) there were no appreciable differences between the PB-positive and PB-negative groups with regard to age at onset, age at death, duration of illness, clinical stage at death, and brain weight; (2) the mean nerve cell counts in the LC were 43.7 .+-. 5.2 in the controls, 28.8 .+-. 11.7 in the PB-positive group, and 42.9.+-.7.6 in the PB-negaive group. The nerve cell count in the PB-positive group was significantly lower (P