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Extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) in Alzheimer disease (AD) often increase with disease severity. Their neuropathological substrate is a matter of discussion. We investigated tau and alpha-synuclein (AS) pathologies in brainstem in AD patients with and without EPS. Among 160 elderly subjects with autopsy-proven AD (110 female, 50 male, aged 61-102, mean 84.1 +/- 8.3 SD years), 151 (94.4%) being demented, 35 (21.9%) had clinically reported EPS (rigidity, bradykinesia, gait impairment). Neuropathological examination included standardized classification of AD according to current criteria, and semiquantitative assessment of neuronal loss in substantia nigra (SN), locus coeruleus (LC), and of tau and AS lesions in brainstem, and, in addition, of cerebrovascular lesions. The prevalence of EPS was only slightly more frequent in higher Braak stages. Tau pathology in brainstem significantly increased with increasing Braak stages, while AS lesions did not. EPS correlated best with SN cell loss (P
Author(s): Attems J, Quass M, Jellinger KA
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Acta Neuropathologica
Year: 2007
Volume: 113
Issue: 1
Pages: 53-62
ISSN (print): 0001-6322
ISSN (electronic): 1432-0533
Publisher: Springer
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00401-006-0146-9
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-006-0146-9
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