| Literature DB >> 14520672 |
Claude-Alain Maurage1, Marie-Magdeleine Ruchoux, Rob de Vos, Andrei Surguchov, Alain Destee.
Abstract
Visual hallucinations are a core feature of dementia with Lewy bodies. Their pathophysiology is not well understood, because neither clinical nor histological data have shown their basic mechanisms. Here, we report the presence of pale inclusions in the outer plexiform layer of the retina in a patient with dementia with Lewy bodies. These inclusions are related to cytoskeletal disorganization of the cones at ultrastructural level and modifications of the immunohistochemical pattern of distribution of synucleins in the retina. These modifications may participate in the visual impairment in dementia with Lewy bodies.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 14520672 DOI: 10.1002/ana.10730
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Neurol ISSN: 0364-5134 Impact factor: 10.422