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alpha-Synuclein accumulation in a case of neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation type 1 (NBIA-1, formerly Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome) with widespread cortical and brainstem-type Lewy bodies.
Acta Neuropathol. 100, 568-574 (2000)
We studied a 27-year-old woman who died after a 6-year history of progressive dementia, dystonia, ataxia, apraxia, spasticity, choreoathetosis, visual and auditory hallucinations, and optic atrophy. Magnetic resonance imaging showed decreased intensity in the globus pallidus, substantia nigra, and dentate nuclei in T2-weighted images, supporting the clinical diagnosis of neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation type 1 (NBIA-1; formerly known as Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome). At autopsy the brain showed mild frontotemporal atrophy and discoloration of the globus pallidus and the substantia nigra pars reticularis. Histologically, features typical of NBIA-1 were found including widespread axonal spheroids and large deposits of iron pigment in the discolored regions. Additionally, excessive numbers of Lewy bodies (LBs) were found throughout all examined brain stem and cortical regions. LBs of both types, as well as Lewy neurites in this case of NBIA-1, were strongly labeled by antibodies against α-synuclein. These findings give further evidence that accumulation of α-synuclein is generally associated with LB formation, i.e., in Parkinson’s disease, dementia with Lewy bodies and NBIA-1. The case presented here is particularly notable for its high number of LBs in all areas of the cerebral cortex.
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Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Keywords
NBIA type 1 Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome alpha-synuclein Lewy body
Language
english
Publication Year
2000
HGF-reported in Year
0
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0001-6322
e-ISSN
1432-0533
Journal
Acta Neuropathologica
Quellenangaben
Volume: 100,
Issue: 5,
Pages: 568-574
Publisher
Springer
Reviewing status
Peer reviewed
Institute(s)
Institute of Molecular Immunology (IMI)
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PSP Element(s)
G-501700-003
Erfassungsdatum
2000-12-31