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Pathological markers associated with normal aging and dementia in the elderly

Crystal, Howard A., Dickson, Dennis W., Sliwinski, Martin J., Lipton, Richard B., Grober, Ellen, Marks‐Nelson, Harriet, Antis, Phyllis·1993·Annals of Neurology

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We investigated the associations of pathological markers of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and diffuse Lewy body disease as well as possible markers of vascular dementia with cognitive function in a sample of 20 nondemented and 35 demented subjects (median age of both groups, 88 years) who had been studied prospectively for 4.0 ± 2.1 years. Very old demented subjects almost always had nonneuritic senile plaques, but over half had no neuritic senile plaques and little other AD pathology. Five subjects had cortical Lewy bodies; all were demented. We propose that hippocampal sclerosis, leukoencephalopathy, and multiple lacunae are possible markers of vascular dementia. When grouped together, these markers were significantly associated with dementia and occurred in 40% of demented subjects. As the relative frequency of neuritic markers of AD (and possibly AD itself) declines in the tenth decade, vascular dementia may become an increasingly important type of dementia.

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  • In contrast to the increased prevalence of clinical dementia with advanced age, the prevalence of cases with high NP and high NFT pathologic diagnosis at autopsy seems to level off in the oldest old according to multiple autopsy series.

    “In contrast to the increased prevalence of clinical dementia with advanced age, the prevalence of cases with high NP and high NFT pathologic diagnosis at autopsy seems to level off in the oldest old according to multiple autopsy series (154, 168-172).”
  • In the oldest old, the prevalence of concomitant non-AD brain diseases, including CVD and hippocampal sclerosis, begins to mimic the effects of AD pathologic diagnosis.

    “Thus, in the oldest old, the prevalence of concomitant non-AD brain diseases, including CVD and hippocampal sclerosis, begins to mimic the effects of AD pathologic diagnosis (154, 221, 222).”
  • Numerous CPC studies have assessed the association between NFTs and cognitive status.

    “Numerous CPC studies have assessed the association between NFTs and cognitive status (38, 98, 154, 158, 162, 185, 188, 189, 191, 223-232, 235-240, 244, 250-252, 258, 261, 264, 287-296).”

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Authors
Crystal, H. A., Dickson, D. W., Sliwinski, M. J., Lipton, R. B., Grober, E., Marks‐Nelson, H., & Antis, P.
Affiliations
Albert Einstein College of Medicine (US)
Corresponding author
Crystal, Howard A.
Venue
Annals of Neurology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
1993-10
Volume
34
Issue
4
Pages
566-573
ISSN
  • 0364-5134 (ISSN-L)
  • 1531-8249
OpenAlex
W2163665026
Cited by
161
References
37
Citations by year
2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 9
FWCI
5.75
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Annals of Neurology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Aging (AG-O3949)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
Keywords
Alzheimer's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, vascular dementia, normal aging, dementia, cortical Lewy bodies, hippocampal sclerosis, leukoencephalopathy, cognitive function, older adults, pathological markers
MeSH terms
Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Aging, Alzheimer Disease, Brain, Cerebral Infarction, Dementia, Female, Hippocampus, Humans, Male, Dementia, Vascular, Lewy Bodies, Neurofibrillary Tangles

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