Alzheimer's disease
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Author:
Mikael Häggström [note 1]
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Autopsy
(In people over about 60 years of age, or in a history of suspected Alzheimer's disease, take a sample from the hippocampus.)
Microscopic examination
The main microscopic findings in Alzheimer's disease are:
These signs are mainly visible in the temporal lobes and hippocampus,[1] with following images taken from its CA3 area, marked in box.
Notes
- ↑ For a full list of contributors, see article history. Creators of images are attributed at the image description pages, seen by clicking on the images. See Patholines:Authorship for details.
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References
- ↑ Rapp, Michael A.; Schnaider-Beeri, Michal; Grossman, Hillel T.; Sano, Mary; Perl, Daniel P.; Purohit, Dushyant P.; Gorman, Jack M.; Haroutunian, Vahram (2006). "Increased Hippocampal Plaques and Tangles in Patients With Alzheimer Disease With a Lifetime History of Major Depression ". Archives of General Psychiatry 63 (2): 161. doi: . ISSN 0003-990X.
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