Not exact matches
«Dementia with
Lewy bodies accounts for 10 - 15 % of dementia
cases, yet our understanding of it lags beyond the more well - known Alzheimer's disease, partly because it's commonly misdiagnosed.
CONCLUSION: In this
Lewy body variant
case, with globally stable functional and cognitive features, Abeta immunization resulted in a significant clearance of amyloid deposits, with remaining tau and synuclein pathological features in the brain.
«In most
cases of Parkinson's, dopamine neurons become filled with structures called
Lewy bodies, which are primarily composed of a misfolded form of alpha - synuclein,» said Dr. Sulzer.