Publication Date:
1980-04-18
Description:
The elemental content of neurons of the hippocampus was studied by a combination of scanning electron microscopy and x-ray spectrometry in autopsy-derived brain tissue from three cases of senile dementia (Alzheimer type) and three nondemented elderly controls. Foci of aluminum were detected within the nuclear region of a high percentage of neurons containing neurofibrillary tangles from the cases of senile dementia as well as the elderly controls. The adjacent normal-appearing neurons from both groups of patients were virtually free of detectable aluminum. These findings suggest that the association of aluminum to Alzheimer's disease extends to the neuronal level.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Perl, D P -- Brody, A R -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1980 Apr 18;208(4441):297-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7367858" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Aluminum/*metabolism
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Alzheimer Disease/*metabolism/pathology
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Cell Nucleus/metabolism
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Dementia/*metabolism
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Electron Probe Microanalysis
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Hippocampus/*metabolism
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Humans
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Magnesium/metabolism
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Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
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Neurofibrils/ultrastructure
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Silicon/metabolism
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
