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Investigate whether locus coeruleus noradrenergic degeneration underlies core clinical features of dementia with Lewy bodies and distinguishes dementia phenotypes along a biological spectrum.

July 30, 2021Journal of Parkinson s DiseaseOpen Access

Locus Coeruleus Pathology Indicates a Continuum of Lewy Body Dementia

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BTBension S. TilleySunnybrook Health Science Centre SPShivani R. PatelImperial College London MGMarc GoldfingerLarsen & Toubro (India)

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Postmortem study reveals progressive locus coeruleus neuronal loss across Lewy body dementia subtypes, indicating a clinicopathological continuum driven by noradrenergic degeneration.

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Investigate whether locus coeruleus noradrenergic degeneration underlies core clinical features of dementia with Lewy bodies and distinguishes dementia phenotypes along a biological spectrum.
Analyzed postmortem locus coeruleus tissue sections from 38 Parkinson's disease, 56 Parkinson's disease dementia, 22 dementia with Lewy bodies, and 11 age-matched control cases.
Quantified tyrosine-hydroxylase-positive neurons and calculated pathological burden using percentage-coverage immunostaining for tyrosine-hydroxylase, α-synuclein, tau, and amyloid-β.
Demonstrated a stepwise loss of locus coeruleus neurons descending from controls to Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's disease dementia, and dementia with Lewy bodies, with cell counts significantly reduced in DLB compared to PDD after demographic adjustment.
Identified that locus coeruleus degeneration contributed significantly to the emergence of core DLB symptoms, with intermediate PDD-DLB cases pathologically mirroring an intermediate clinical state.
Found no significant difference in α-synuclein burden between Parkinson's disease dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies, though DLB cases presented with significantly lower tau pathology.

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Tilley et al. (2021) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aacd2bc77982f6ba04f8ca4 https://doi.org/10.3233/jpd-212748

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Postmortem study reveals progressive locus coeruleus neuronal loss across Lewy body dementia subtypes, indicating a clinicopathological continuum driven by noradrenergic degeneration.

Locus Coeruleus Pathology Indicates a Continuum of Lewy Body Dementia

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