Substance P immunoreactivity in Alzheimer disease: A study in cases presenting symmetric or asymmetric cortical atrophy

C. Bouras, P. G. Vallet, P. R. Hof, Y. Charnay, J. Golaz, J. Constantinidis

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Abstract

Substance P-like immunoreactivity was visualized by immunohistochemical methods in 20 postmortem brains: 6 senile, 4 presenile Alzheimer dementia (AD), 3 AD with interhemispheric asymmetric cortical atrophy, and 7 control cases. For all pathological cases, the SP-like immunoreactivity was significantly reduced in the neocortical areas and in the hippocampus. This contrasted with an enhanced SP-like immunoreactivity in the pallidum and the substantia nigra in AD brains and a more pronounced SP-like immunoreactivity in the more atrophic side in the asymmetrically atrophied brains.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)24-34
Number of pages11
JournalAlzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders
Volume4
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1990

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