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T1 - Isolated senile plaque cores in Alzheimer's disease and Down's syndrome show differences in morphology
AU - Allsop, D
AU - Kidd, M
AU - Landon, M
AU - Tomlinson, A
PY - 1986
Y1 - 1986
N2 - Frontal and temporal cortical tissue from the brains of elderly cases of Down's syndrome was used to make preparations of neuronal cell bodies containing senile plaque cores. Polarisation microscopy revealed normal "classical" plaque cores, and also a high proportion of unusual "amorphous" plaque cores which we have not seen in Alzheimer's disease. These two forms were easily distinguished by electron microscopy. This suggests that late Down's syndrome may not be an exact model for Alzheimer's disease.
AB - Frontal and temporal cortical tissue from the brains of elderly cases of Down's syndrome was used to make preparations of neuronal cell bodies containing senile plaque cores. Polarisation microscopy revealed normal "classical" plaque cores, and also a high proportion of unusual "amorphous" plaque cores which we have not seen in Alzheimer's disease. These two forms were easily distinguished by electron microscopy. This suggests that late Down's syndrome may not be an exact model for Alzheimer's disease.
KW - Alzheimer Disease
KW - Down Syndrome
KW - Frontal Lobe
KW - Humans
KW - Microscopy, Electron
KW - Temporal Lobe
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 2943873
VL - 49
SP - 886
EP - 892
JO - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
JF - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
SN - 0022-3050
IS - 8
ER -