abstract：:A 65-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital for forgetfulness, depression and eccentric behavior that had been first noticed 2 years prior to admission. She showed memory impairment, perseveration and repeated violent actions, but no limb-kinetic apraxia. She died 12 years after the onset of symptoms. At autopsy,...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Mizuno Y,Ozeki M,Iwata H,Takeuchi T,Ishihara R,Hashimoto N,Kobayashi H,Iwai K,Ogasawara S,Ukai K,Shibayama H

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha-synuclein is known to play an important role in several neurodegenerative diseases. Moreover, it is expressed in central nervous system neuronal tumors, and another member of the synuclein family, gamma-synuclein, is overexpressed in breast and ovarian carcinomas. However, the expression of alpha-synuclein has n...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Mori F,Inenaga C,Yoshimoto M,Umezu H,Tanaka R,Takahashi H,Wakabayashi K

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient who showed pathological features of both multiple system atrophy (MSA) and progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) at autopsy. The clinical features included severe cerebellar ataxia, autonomic failure, and rigid-akinetic parkinsonism. The clinical diagnosis was MSA. Pathological examination showed se...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Takanashi M,Ohta S,Matsuoka S,Mori H,Mizuno Y

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Diffuse neurofibrillary tangles with calcification" (DNTC) is a rare form of slowly progressive dementia characterized by temporal or fronto-temporal atrophy with neuronal loss and astrocytosis, neurofibrillary tangles and Fahr-type calcification, but no senile plaques in the cerebral cortex. In patients with DNTC, w...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Terada S,Ishizu H,Tanabe Y,Takehisa Y,Haraguchi T,Hamaya K,Nose S,Sudo K,Kuroda S

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skeins or skein-like inclusions, one of the two types of ubiquitinated intraneuronal inclusions in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), in the neostriatum are not specific to the disease, but it has not yet been determined whether the other, spherical or crescent-shaped inclusions (SCI) are pathognomonic. To clarify t...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Kawashima T,Doh-ura K,Kikuchi H,Iwaki T

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial solitary fibrous tumors (SFTs) are typically dural-based, CD34-positive neoplasms of uncertain histogenesis. We examined ten cases of meninges obtained at autopsy from patients with no history of neurological illness, head trauma, or neurosurgical intervention, and ten cases of typical meningiomas with at...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Cummings TJ,Burchette JL,McLendon RE

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cavernous malformations (CVMs) and arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) were immunostained for three smooth muscle cell (SMC)-specific protein markers (smooth muscle alpha-actin, SM1 and SM2). Smooth muscle alpha-actin, a widely used marker of SMCs, is reportedly one of the earliest proteins expressed during differentia...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Hoya K,Asai A,Sasaki T,Kimura K,Kirino T

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Equine grass sickness (EGS) is an acquired disease of unknown aetiology affecting horses kept at grass. The disease is characterised by postganglionic sympathetic and parasympathetic neuronal pathology and is categorised as a dysautonomia. This study undertook a systematic examination of brain stem cranial nerve nucle...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Hahn CN,Mayhew IG,de Lahunta A

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycerol (an atoxic alcohol) and phenol (a toxic monohydroxybenzene) are currently used as neurolytic blocking agents to relieve pain or spasticity. In the present study we compared the endoneurial response of anhydrous glycerol and 7% phenol-aqua after intraneural injection into rat sciatic nerve, using electron micr...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Westerlund T,Vuorinen V,Röyttä M

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Double immunofluorescence for paired helical filament (PHF)-tau (AT8) and ubiquitin, enhanced by catalyzed reporter deposition amplification, was combined with thiazin red (TR), a fluorochrome, which has an affinity to fibrillary structures such as neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs). After recording these triple-fluoresce...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Uchihara T,Nakamura A,Yamazaki M,Mori O

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amplification of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene is found in about 40% of glioblastomas (GBMs) but is rarely detected in GBM cell lines. We confirmed that the exceptional SKMG-3 GBM cell line retained amplified EGFR genes in vitro, and found that these sequences were concentrated on extra-chromosomal ...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Thomas C,Ely G,James CD,Jenkins R,Kastan M,Jedlicka A,Burger P,Wharen R

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain slices are used extensively for biochemical, electrophysiological and molecular investigations. However, only the time frame for electrophysiological and biochemical investigations has as yet been defined. The goal of the present study was to investigate the time course of nuclear structure in live brain slices....

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Kasischke K,Büchner M,Ludolph AC,Riepe MW

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastomas, the most malignant human brain tumors, are characterized by marked aneuploidy, suggesting chromosomal instability which may be caused by a defective mitotic spindle checkpoint. We screened 22 glioblastomas for mutations in the mitotic spindle check-point genes hBUB1, hBUBR1 and hBUB3. DNA sequencing rev...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Reis RM,Nakamura M,Masuoka J,Watanabe T,Colella S,Yonekawa Y,Kleihues P,Ohgaki H

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence suggests that brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and its tyrosine kinase B (TrkB) receptor, in addition to promoting neuronal survival and differentiation, modulates synaptic transmission by increasing N-methyl-D-aspartic acid receptor (NMDAR) activity. Overexpression of BDNF may, then, interfere...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Aronica E,Leenstra S,Jansen GH,van Veelen CW,Yankaya B,Troost D

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Induction of differentiation is an attractive approach to the management of infiltrative tumors such as malignant glioma. Here, we report that lovastatin and phenylacetate induce apoptosis, but fail to induce differentiation, in malignant glioma cell lines and untransformed rat astrocytes. Lovastatin and phenylacetate...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Schmidt F,Groscurth P,Kermer M,Dichgans J,Weller M

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal and glial cytoplasmic inclusions (NCIs and GCIs), which contain alpha-synuclein as a major component, are characteristic cytopathological features of multiple system atrophy (MSA). We report MSA of 19 years' duration in a 73-year-old woman. Her initial symptom was parkinsonism, with dementia appearing about 8...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Piao YS,Hayashi S,Hasegawa M,Wakabayashi K,Yamada M,Yoshimoto M,Ishikawa A,Iwatsubo T,Takahashi H

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the role of prostaglandins in peripheral nerve demyelination, we examined the expression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) using selected nerve specimens from patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. COX-2 protein was up-regulated in macrophages causing active demyelination. In situ hybrid...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Kawasaki T,Oka N,Akiguchi I,Miyamoto K,Kaji R,Shibasaki H

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of spinal tanycytic ependymoma are reported, a man aged 45 years and two women aged 36 and 55 years. Each patient developed gradual paraparesis over a few months prior to admission. Magnetic resonance imaging showed an enhancing, well-circumscribed tumor in the spinal cord in each case. Histologically, the...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Kawano N,Yagishita S,Oka H,Utsuki S,Kobayashi I,Suzuki S,Tachibana S,Fujii K

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous investigators have suggested that proteolysis by calpain, a Ca2+-dependent protease, causes muscle fiber degradation in Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies (DMD/BMD). Recent evidence indicates that the nonlysosomal ATP-ubiquitin-dependent proteolytic complex (proteasomes) participates in muscle wasting d...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Kumamoto T,Fujimoto S,Ito T,Horinouchi H,Ueyama H,Tsuda T

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extent of DNA fragmentation analysed using the TUNEL technique was evaluated in post-mortem human brain tissue. Twenty-four patients with clinical and histopathological diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and a short post-mortem delay were analysed. We report an increase in the count of TUNEL-labelled cells as t...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Overmyer M,Kraszpulski M,Helisalmi S,Soininen H,Alafuzoff I

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The glial cytoplasmic inclusion (GCI) is a histological hallmark for multiple system atrophy (MSA): these inclusions are found in oligodendrocytes and consist of abnormal granule-coated fibrils of approximately 24- to 40-nm diameter. To clarify the significance of the presence of midkine (MK) in these GCIs, we carried...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Kato S,Shinozawa T,Takikawa M,Kato M,Hirano A,Awaya A,Ohama E

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied a 27-year-old woman who died after a 6-year history of progressive dementia, dystonia, ataxia, apraxia, spasticity, choreoathetosis, visual and auditory hallucinations, and optic atrophy. Magnetic resonance imaging showed decreased intensity in the globus pallidus, substantia nigra, and dentate nuclei in T2...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Neumann M,Adler S,Schlüter O,Kremmer E,Benecke R,Kretzschmar HA

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The post-mortem diagnosis of lysosomal storage diseases can be confounded by the unavailability of suitable material. Here we report the diagnosis of GM1-gangliosidosis in a cross-bred dog, from which only formalin-fixed brain was available, by a combination of electron microscopy and the detection of elevated levels ...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Whitfield P,Johnson AW,Dunn KA,Delauche AJ,Winchester BG,Franklin RJ

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1 B (CMT1B) is a demyelinating neuropathy caused by mutations in the myelin protein zero (P0) gene (MPZ). A few cases of CMT1B were recently found to be characterized by focally folded myelin sheaths in nerve biopsy specimens; the significance of this association is unknown. Here, we d...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Fabrizi GM,Taioli F,Cavallaro T,Rigatelli F,Simonati A,Mariani G,Perrone P,Rizzuto N

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spinal cord of 20 patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and 5 patients with lower motor neuron disease (LMND) were investigated immunohistochemically using anti-human excitatory amino acid transporter 1 (EAAT1) and EAAT2 antibodies which are the astrocytic transporters. The purpose of the study was to ...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Sasaki S,Komori T,Iwata M

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study of 450 consecutive AIDS autopsy cases (397 males, 53 females; mean age at death 38.4 years) in Vienna, Austria, between 1984 and 1999 compares the central nervous system (CNS) findings in three cohorts: 1984-1992 (190 cases), 1993-1995 (162 cases) and 1996-1999 (98 cases, after introduction of tr...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Jellinger KA,Setinek U,Drlicek M,Böhm G,Steurer A,Lintner F

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gross and histopathological findings in the brain and spinal cord of five Alaskan Husky dogs with a novel incapacitating and ultimately fatal familial and presumed hereditary neurodegenerative disorder are described. Four dogs presented with neurological deficits before the age of 1 year (7-11 months) and one anim...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Brenner O,Wakshlag JJ,Summers BA,de Lahunta A

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of the alpha-synuclein gene on chromosome 4q as a locus for familial Lewy-body parkinsonism and of alpha-synuclein as a component of Lewy bodies has heralded a new era in the study of Parkinson's disease. We have identified a large family with Lewy body parkinsonism linked to a novel locus on chromo...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Gwinn-Hardy K,Mehta ND,Farrer M,Maraganore D,Muenter M,Yen SH,Hardy J,Dickson DW

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors (AT/RT) and 121 primitive neuroectodermal tumors/medulloblastomas (PNET/MB) were included in this study for evaluation of the histopathological features of AT/RT and comparison between AT/RT and PNET/MB. Histopathological studies of AT/RT showed that in addition to the commonly...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Ho DM,Hsu CY,Wong TT,Ting LT,Chiang H

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated relationships between hippocampal/temporal lobe neuropathology and psychosis in subjects with temporal lobe epilepsy, paying particular attention to possible differences in density of hippocampal neurons immunoreactive for calcium-binding proteins. There was a trend for a greater prevalence of lef...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Suckling J,Roberts H,Walker M,Highley JR,Fenwick P,Oxbury J,Esiri MM

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral administration of N-[4-(3-ethoxy-2-hydropropoxy)phenyl] acrylamide (EHA) induced selective granule cell destruction in the granular layer of the cerebellar cortex together with neurological signs, such as delayed righting reflex, gait or truncal ataxia, and convulsion. Neuropathologically, it caused multifocal gr...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Tanaka G,Okeda R

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evolvement of amyloid beta (Abeta) deposition in the frontal cerebral cortex of 24 patients of increasing age with Dutch-type hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis (HCHWA-D) was studied using end-specific monoclonal antibodies to Abetax-42 (Abeta42) or Abetax-40 (Abeta40) and markers for degenerating neu...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Maat-Schieman ML,Yamaguchi H,van Duinen SG,Natté R,Roos RA

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases out of a sample of 41 fetuses and infants with prosencephalic malformation, observed at the Institute of Pathology and Department of Neuropathology of the University of Heidelberg, are described here in detail. These cases presented grossly with microcephaly and missing forebrain, appearing to be cases of ap...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Sergi C,Schmitt HP

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD44 antigen (CD44), the principle cell surface receptor for hyaluronate, is up-regulated in the human demyelinating disease multiple sclerosis on fibrous astrocytes. As astrocytes are the main target cell of canine distemper virus (CDV), the consequences of a CDV infection on the CD44 expression and distribution in b...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Alldinger S,Fonfara S,Kremmer E,Baumgärtner W

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was undertaken to determine the pathological significance of previously unrecognized intracytoplasmic eosinophilic inclusions (IEIs) in ependymoma. The study group consisted of 58 ependymomas, all of which were pathologically characterized and graded according to the 1993 WHO classification. Electron microscop...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Kawano N,Ohba Y,Nagashima K

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:APO2 ligand (APO2L)/TRAIL is a novel member of the tumor necrosis factor cytokine family and a potent inducer of apoptosis in tumor cell lines. We recently reported that APO2L is consistently expressed in low-grade astrocytomas, anaplastic astrocytomas, glioblastomas, and cell lines derived thereof, and that malignant...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Nakamura M,Rieger J,Weller M,Kim J,Kleihues P,Ohgaki H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Onion bulbs are concentric lamellar structures formed by Schwann or perineurial cells, which may be seen in several generalized or localized diseases of the peripheral nerve. There is debate regarding the pathogenesis of localized tumefactions displaying these microscopic structures. We report the fifth case, to our k...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： LaPoint SF,Powers JM,Woodruff JM,MacCollin M,Jacoby LB,Vortmeyer AO,Zhuang Z,Fong CT,Ifthikharuddin SF,Teot L,Coniglio JU,Sullivan RP

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the origin of the large myelinated fibers in the anterolateral funiculus (ALF) in the spinal cord of humans, myelinated fibers in the ALF of the mid-cervical spinal cord were examined quantitatively. Five groups of subjects were examined, consisting of control subjects, patients with cerebral lesions and ...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Oyanagi K,Kawakami E,Morita T,Takahashi H

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated by in situ nick end labeling the presence of apoptotic glial cells in the spinal cord of rats which have sustained a moderate and severe compression injury at the level of T8-9, resulting in a severe but reversible paraparesis and irreversible paraplegia, respectively. In a previous investigation we found...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Li GL,Farooque M,Holtz A,Olsson Y

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis of neurons and glial cells has been shown to occur in the brain of patients with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and was postulated as contributing to brain atrophy and white matter damage in these patients. Since apoptotic events may be induced by the Fas-Fas ligand (FasL) system, we analyzed...

journal_title：Acta neuropathologica

authors： Elovaara I,Sabri F,Gray F,Alafuzoff I,Chiodi F

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00