Difference between revisions of "Neurodegenerative diseases"

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===General===
===General===
*Common.
*Common.
Clinical ''TRAP'':<ref>URL: [http://www.nysslha.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3519 http://www.nysslha.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3519]. Accessed on: 30 March 2011.</ref>
*Tremor.
*Rigidity.
*Akinesia.
*Postural instability.


===Gross===
===Gross===
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*Loss of pigmented (catecholaminergic) neurons in the substantia nigra.
*Loss of pigmented (catecholaminergic) neurons in the substantia nigra.
*Gliosis - due to neuron loss.
*Gliosis - due to neuron loss.
*Lewy bodies (in remaining neurons) - '''key feature'''.
**Eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion with "dense" (darker) core and pale (surrounding) halo.
***Consist of filaments composed of alpha-synuclein.
===IHC===
*Alpha-synuclein +ve.


==Prion diseases==
==Prion diseases==
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