Title

The indusium griseum: is it involved in Alzheimer's disease

UMMS Affiliation

Department of Pathology; Department of Neurology

Publication Date

1990-09-01

Document Type

Article

Subjects

Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Alzheimer Disease; Female; Hippocampus; Humans; Immunohistochemistry; Male; Neurofibrils; Neurons

Disciplines

Neurology | Neuroscience and Neurobiology

Abstract

The histopathology of the indusium griseum (IG), a displaced hippocampal anlage, was studied in five patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and five controls. In the AD group, the IG had occasional neurons with granulovacuolar change (GVD) and rare Hirano bodies (HB), but no senile plaques (SP), neurofibrillary tangles (NFT), or neurons staining for phosphorylated neurofilament antigen. There was a slight but not statistically significant diminution of neurons within the IG. In all AD cases, the hippocampus showed abundant AD-associated histopathology. In the control cases, only rare neurons with GVD were present in the IG. These findings indicate that although single neurons within the IG may show some of the cytologic changes seen in the hippocampal neurons in normal aging and AD, IG neurons do not express the full range and severity of histopathologic abnormalities characteristic of AD. This suggests that factors other than selective vulnerability of neurons of hippocampal origin might be operating to induce the neuropathologic picture of AD.

Source

Neurobiol Aging. 1990 Sep-Oct;11(5):551-4.

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Neurobiology of aging

Related Resources

Link to Article in PubMed

PubMed ID

2234286

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