| Literature DB >> 2819446 |
J C Blanks1, D R Hinton, A A Sadun, C A Miller.
Abstract
This study documents the light-microscopic and ultrastructural characteristics of ganglion cell degeneration in the retinas of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). The results show degeneration in the retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) characterized by a vacuolated, 'frothy' appearance of the cytoplasm. The degeneration is unique in AD because of the absence of neurofibrillary tangles within the RGCs, or of neuritic plaques or amyloid angiopathy in the retinas or optic nerves of any of the cases examined. These results suggest that neuronal degeneration in the ganglion cell layer (GCL) should be added to the constellation of neuropathologic changes found in patients with Alzheimer's disease.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID： 2819446 DOI： 10.1016/0006-8993(89)90653-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Brain Res ISSN： 0006-8993 Impact factor: 3.252