Size of neocortical neurons in control subjects and in Alzheimer's disease.

Abstract:

:The aim of the present study was to estimate mean neuronal volume and absolute size distributions of the neocortical neurons in brains from controls and AD patients using stereological methods based on unbiased principles to determine whether changes in absolute cell size are part of the neuropathological pattern of Alzheimer's disease. The neocortex of 8 patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), mean age 81.1 (68-94) y was compared with 9 nondemented controls, mean age 80.9 (65-101) y. The brains came from Johns Hopkins University Hospital (JHUH) in Baltimore, USA, the Netherlands Brain Bank (NBB), and from a large brain repository in Denmark. The rotator method was used to obtain an estimate of cell volumes providing absolute size distributions of the volume of both cell perikaryon and cell nuclei. The geometric mean volume of cell nuclei in neocortical neurons was 328 microm3 (interindividual CV = 0.15) in the Alzheimer group compared with 277 microm3 (interindividual CV = 0.17) in controls which was a statistically significant increase (P = 0.049). The perikaryal volume was 1117 microm3 in the Alzheimer group compared with 999 microm3 in controls which was a nonsignificant difference (P = 0.20). There was a highly significant correlation between the nuclear and perikaryal volumes in all individuals. The average slope of the regression lines was significantly higher in the Alzheimer patients than in the controls, illustrating that nuclear hypertrophy was more pronounced in the largest neurons.

journal_name

J Anat

journal_title

Journal of anatomy

authors

Bundgaard MJ,Regeur L,Gundersen HJ,Pakkenberg B

doi

10.1046/j.1469-7580.2001.19840481.x

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subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2001-04-01 00:00:00

pages

481-9

issue

Pt 4

eissn

0021-8782

issn

1469-7580

journal_volume

198

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