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National Institute on Aging–Alzheimer’s Association guidelines for the neuropathologic assessment of Alzheimer’s disease: a practical approach
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We present a practical guide for the implementation of recently revised National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer's Association guidelines for the neuropathologic assessment of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Major revisions from previous consensus criteria are: (1) recognition that AD neuropathologic changes may occur in the apparent absence of cognitive impairment, (2) an "ABC" score for AD neuropathologic change that incorporates histopathologic assessments of amyloid β deposits (A), staging of neurofibrillary tangles (B), and scoring of neuritic plaques (C), and (3) more detailed approaches for assessing commonly co-morbid conditions such as Lewy body disease, vascular brain injury, hippocampal sclerosis, and TAR DNA binding protein (TDP)-43 immunoreactive inclusions. Recommendations also are made for the minimum sampling of brain, preferred staining methods with acceptable alternatives, reporting of results, and clinico-pathologic correlations.
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“recognition that AD neuropathologic changes may occur in the apparent absence of cognitive impairment”
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“Similar neuropathologic changes, albeit usually at lower levels, also occur in individuals who did not show cognitive or behavioral impairments during life [54].”
§ National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer’s Association guidelines for the neuropathologic assessment of Alzheimer’s disease: a practical approach > Abstract
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- Supportedcites [54] Sperling RA, Aisen PS, Beckett LA et al (2011) Toward defining the preclinical stages of Alzheimer’s disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer’s Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimers Dement 7:280–292 source
Section 6 reports that AD-related biomarker abnormalities can be detected before overt clinical symptoms and that Aβ accumulation occurs in clinically normal older adults. Section 2 also notes that some people have diagnostic AD neuropathological features at autopsy without having developed dementia during life. No page numbers are available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.94)
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“LBs may be detected in neurons of medulla, pons and midbrain with hematoxylin and eosin (H&E)-stained sections; however, greater sensitivity can be achieved with immunohistochemistry for α-synuclein and this approach is strongly preferred [3,4,13].”
§ National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer’s Association guidelines for the neuropathologic assessment of Alzheimer’s disease: a practical approach > LEWY BODY DISEASE > Method
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- Partly supportedcites [3] Alafuzoff I, Parkkinen L, Al-Sarraj S et al (2008) Assessment of alpha-synuclein pathology: a study of the BrainNet Europe Consortium. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 67:125–143 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Introduction (p. 125) says consensus guidelines recommend α-synuclein immunohistochemistry for synucleinopathies, supporting the preference for that approach. The paper’s staining results and Discussion assess variation among immunohistochemical methods, but do not establish that immunohistochemistry detects Lewy bodies more sensitively than H&E; searches for H&E and hematoxylin–eosin found no such comparison. (LLM, conf=0.84)
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [4] Alafuzoff I, Pikkarainen M, Al-Sarraj S et al (2006) Interlaboratory comparison of assessments of Alzheimer disease-related lesions: a study of the BrainNet Europe Consortium. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 65:740–757 source
- Partly supportedcites [13] Beach TG, White CL, Hamilton RL et al (2008) Evaluation of alpha-synuclein immunohistochemical methods used by invited experts. Acta Neuropathol 116:277–288 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Introduction (page unavailable) calls α-synuclein immunohistochemistry the method of choice for diagnosing Lewy body disorders, supporting its preferred use. The paper compares immunohistochemical methods with one another, however, and does not establish that they detect Lewy bodies more sensitively than H&E staining. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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“one MVL identified in standard sections of brain (Table 1 regions shaded green) is of unclear relationship to cognitive function, while multiple MVLs in these regions are associated with increased likelihood of cognitive impairment or dementia [24,52,62].”
§ National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer’s Association guidelines for the neuropathologic assessment of Alzheimer’s disease: a practical approach > CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE and VASCULAR BRAIN INJURY > Reporting
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- Partly supportedcites [24] Gorelick PB, Scuteri A, Black SE et al (2011) Vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia: a statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Stroke 42:2672–2713 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
Section 3.2 (page not available in our copy) reports that some studies associate multiple microscopic infarcts with dementia, even after accounting for macroscopic infarcts. It does not establish the claim for MVLs generally or specify that the lesions were identified in standard brain sections. (LLM, conf=0.82)
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [52] Sonnen JA, Larson EB, Crane PK et al (2007) Pathological correlates of dementia in a longitudinal, population-based sample of aging. Ann Neurol 62:406–413 source
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [62] White L (2009) Brain lesions at autopsy in older Japanese-American men as related to cognitive impairment and dementia in the final years of life: a summary report from the Honolulu-Asia aging study. J Alzheimers Dis 18:713–725 source
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“Clinico-pathologic correlations for individuals without cognitive impairment should indicate that it is possible for AD neuropathologic change to predate onset of symptoms by years [54].”
§ National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer’s Association guidelines for the neuropathologic assessment of Alzheimer’s disease: a practical approach > AD NEUROPATHOLOGIC CHANGE > Reporting
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- Supportedcites [54] Sperling RA, Aisen PS, Beckett LA et al (2011) Toward defining the preclinical stages of Alzheimer’s disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer’s Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimers Dement 7:280–292 source
Section 2, “Redefining the earliest stages of AD,” says the pathological cascade may begin a decade or more before clinically evident impairment. Section 6 also describes AD-related abnormalities in cognitively normal individuals, supporting the claim that neuropathologic change can predate symptoms by years. (LLM, conf=0.94)
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“one MVL identified in standard sections of brain (Table 1 regions shaded green) is of unclear relationship to cognitive function, while multiple MVLs in these regions are associated with increased likelihood of cognitive impairment or dementia [24,52,62].”
§ National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer’s Association guidelines for the neuropathologic assessment of Alzheimer’s disease: a practical approach > CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE and VASCULAR BRAIN INJURY > Reporting
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- Partly supportedcites [24] Gorelick PB, Scuteri A, Black SE et al (2011) Vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia: a statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Stroke 42:2672–2713 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
Section 3.2 (page unavailable) says the number of infarcts needed for cognitive impairment is difficult to determine and reports that multiple microscopic infarcts may be related to dementia. It does not specifically assess the cognitive significance of one MVL identified in standard brain sections. (LLM, conf=0.82)
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [52] Sonnen JA, Larson EB, Crane PK et al (2007) Pathological correlates of dementia in a longitudinal, population-based sample of aging. Ann Neurol 62:406–413 source
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [62] White L (2009) Brain lesions at autopsy in older Japanese-American men as related to cognitive impairment and dementia in the final years of life: a summary report from the Honolulu-Asia aging study. J Alzheimers Dis 18:713–725 source
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“this may represent pre-clinical LBD [12,22,31].”
§ National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer’s Association guidelines for the neuropathologic assessment of Alzheimer’s disease: a practical approach > LEWY BODY DISEASE > Reporting
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- Supportedcites [12] Beach TG, Adler CH, Sue LI et al (2008) Reduced striatal tyrosine hydroxylase in incidental Lewy body disease. Acta Neuropathol 115:445–451 source
The Introduction defines incidental Lewy body disease as Lewy bodies without clinically documented parkinsonism or dementia. The Results and discussion report reduced striatal tyrosine hydroxylase in these individuals and say this suggests ILBD is likely a precursor to Parkinson’s disease and/or dementia with Lewy bodies, supporting the citing sentence’s qualified “may represent” claim. (LLM, conf=0.93)
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [22] Dickson DW, Fujishiro H, DelleDonne A et al (2008) Evidence that incidental Lewy body disease is pre-symptomatic Parkinson’s disease. Acta Neuropathol 115:437–444 source
- Supportedcites [31] Jicha GA, Schmitt FA, Abner E et al (2010) Prodromal clinical manifestations of neuropathologically confirmed Lewy body disease. Neurobiol Aging 31:1805–1813 source
The Introduction (page unavailable) says Lewy body pathology has been found in autopsied people described as normal and suggests that DLB pathology may predate clinical diagnosis. The Discussion (page unavailable) also says the study’s subjects were cognitively and neurologically normal at enrollment. Together, these support the qualified suggestion that LBD without apparent cognitive or motor deficits may be pre-clinical. (LLM, conf=0.91)
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“LBs are frequent in the setting of moderate-to-severe levels of AD neuropathologic change [27,59], including some early-onset familial AD cases [32,33].”
§ National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer’s Association guidelines for the neuropathologic assessment of Alzheimer’s disease: a practical approach > LEWY BODY DISEASE
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- Supportedcites [32] Leverenz JB, Fishel MA, Peskind ER et al (2006) Lewy body pathology in familial Alzheimer disease: evidence for disease- and mutation-specific pathologic phenotype. Arch Neurol 63:370–376 source
The Results report Lewy body pathology in the amygdala of 24 of 25 familial AD cases with PSEN1 mutations. The section on PSEN1-associated AD reports a mean age at onset of about 43 years in the groups it compares, supporting the early-onset qualifier. The indexed copy provides section labels but no page numbers. (LLM, conf=0.93)
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [33] Lippa CF, Duda JE, Grossman M et al (2007) DLB and PDD boundary issues: diagnosis, treatment, molecular pathology, and biomarkers. Neurology 68:812–819 source
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“Accumulation of Aβ plaques and NFTs follows distinct regional progressions across brain regions as AD advances.”
§ National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer’s Association guidelines for the neuropathologic assessment of Alzheimer’s disease: a practical approach > AD NEUROPATHOLOGIC CHANGE
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- Partly supportedcites [14] Braak H, Alafuzoff I, Arzberger T et al (2006) Staging of Alzheimer disease-associated neurofibrillary pathology using paraffin sections and immunocytochemistry. Acta Neuropathol 112:389–404 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The staging-system section describes a predictable regional progression of neurofibrillary pathology, from transentorhinal and entorhinal regions to limbic and then neocortical areas. It does not describe a separate regional progression of Aβ plaques or compare that progression with NFTs. Its references to neuritic plaques occur in the context of tau-immunoreactive pathology, not an Aβ-plaque staging scheme. (LLM, conf=0.88)
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [15] Braak H, Braak E (1991) Neuropathological stageing of Alzheimer-related changes. Acta Neuropathol 82:239–259 source
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [57] Thal DR, Rub U, Orantes M, Braak H (2002) Phases of A beta-deposition in the human brain and its relevance for the development of AD. Neurology 58:1791–1800 source
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“CVD and vascular brain injury (VBI) [50] commonly are encountered in the brains with AD neuropathologic change [25].”
§ National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer’s Association guidelines for the neuropathologic assessment of Alzheimer’s disease: a practical approach > CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE and VASCULAR BRAIN INJURY
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- Partly supportedcites [25] Grinberg LT, Thal DR (2010) Vascular pathology in the aged human brain. Acta Neuropathol 119:277–290 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The ‘Cerebral amyloid angiopathy’ section (page unavailable) reports that around 80–100% of AD patients have CAA, supporting the claim that cerebrovascular disease commonly accompanies AD pathology. It identifies infarction and hemorrhage as possible complications of CAA, but does not establish that vascular brain injury itself is commonly found in AD brains. (LLM, conf=0.82)
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“LBs are frequent in the setting of moderate-to-severe levels of AD neuropathologic change [27,59], including some early-onset familial AD cases [32,33].”
§ National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer’s Association guidelines for the neuropathologic assessment of Alzheimer’s disease: a practical approach > LEWY BODY DISEASE
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [27] Hamilton RL (2000) Lewy bodies in Alzheimer’s disease: a neuropathological review of 145 cases using alpha-synuclein immunohistochemistry. Brain Pathol 10:378–384 source
- Supportedcites [59] Uchikado H, Lin WL, DeLucia MW, Dickson DW (2006) Alzheimer disease with amygdala Lewy bodies: a distinct form of alpha-synucleinopathy. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 65:685–697 source
The Materials and Methods section (page unavailable) says all 347 cases met pathologic criteria for AD and had Braak NFT stage IV or greater, indicating advanced AD in almost all cases. The “Frequency of α-Synuclein Pathology in Alzheimer Disease” section (page unavailable) reports Lewy-body pathology in 62 AD/ALB and 149 AD/LBD cases, supporting that Lewy bodies are frequent in this setting. (LLM, conf=0.90)
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“Relatively isolated HS may occur in very old individuals, and in this context it is associated with TDP-43-immunoreactive inclusions and with cognitive impairment [45,47].”
§ National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer’s Association guidelines for the neuropathologic assessment of Alzheimer’s disease: a practical approach > HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS and TAR DNA BINDING PROTEIN (TDP)-43 INCLUSIONS > Reporting
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- Partly supportedcites [45] Nelson PT, Abner EL, Schmitt FA et al (2010) Modeling the association between 43 different clinical and pathological variables and the severity of cognitive impairment in a large autopsy cohort of elderly persons. Brain Pathol 20:66–79 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Discussion reports that hippocampal sclerosis (HS) was associated with lower MMSE scores and states that HS is associated with TDP-43 proteinopathy. The Results describe TDP-43-positive inclusions. Neither passage establishes these associations specifically for relatively isolated HS in very old individuals. (LLM, conf=0.86)
- Supportedcites [47] Nelson PT, Schmitt FA, Lin Y et al (2011) Hippocampal sclerosis in advanced age: clinical and pathological features. Brain 134:1506–1518 source
The Introduction describes hippocampal sclerosis in older individuals as unrelated to Alzheimer’s pathology and associated with significant cognitive dysfunction. The Discussion reports aberrant TDP-43 staining in approximately 90% of patients with hippocampal sclerosis, and Table 7 describes HS-Ageing as most prevalent in the oldest-old and associated with dementia. The association is not universal, but the citing sentence does not claim that it is. (LLM, conf=0.92)
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“Although not part of this classification scheme, it is important to realize that LBD also occurs frequently in the olfactory bulb in older adults and should be sampled when possible [20].”
§ National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer’s Association guidelines for the neuropathologic assessment of Alzheimer’s disease: a practical approach > LEWY BODY DISEASE > Method
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [20] Del Tredici K, Rub U, De Vos RA et al (2002) Where does Parkinson disease pathology begin in the brain? J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 61:413–426 source
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“A subset of senile plaques called neuritic plaques appear closely associated with neuronal injury and are characterized by the occurrence of dystrophic neurites that frequently have phospho-tau immunoreactivity [19,36,37,55].”
§ National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer’s Association guidelines for the neuropathologic assessment of Alzheimer’s disease: a practical approach > AD NEUROPATHOLOGIC CHANGE
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [19] DeKosky ST, Scheff SW (1990) Synapse loss in frontal cortex biopsies in Alzheimer’s disease: correlation with cognitive severity. Ann Neurol 27:457–464 source
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [36] Masliah E, Mallory M, Deerinck T et al (1993) Re-evaluation of the structural organization of neuritic plaques in Alzheimer’s disease. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 52:619–632 source
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [37] Masliah E, Terry RD, Mallory M et al (1990) Diffuse plaques do not accentuate synapse loss in Alzheimer’s disease. Am J Pathol 137:1293–1297
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [55] Terry RD, Masliah E, Salmon DP et al (1991) Physical basis of cognitive alterations in Alzheimer’s disease: synapse loss is the major correlate of cognitive impairment. Ann Neurol 30:572–580 source
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Many other neurodegenerative disorders can cause dementia and may be co-morbid with AD neuropathologic change, especially in the elderly.
“There are many other neurodegenerative disorders that can cause dementia in addition to those discussed here, and any may be co-morbid with AD neuropathologic change, especially in the elderly.”
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Multiple diseases in the cerebrum can conspire to worsen cognitive symptoms.
“Multiple diseases in cerebrum can conspire to worsen cognitive symptoms; however, it often is difficult to judge the extent to which each disease observed at autopsy may have contributed to a given patient’s cognitive state.”
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Abnormal neuropil and neuronal cytoplasmic α-synuclein immunoreactivity are usually present with Lewy bodies but will not be apparent by H&E; in some instances, these changes occur in the absence of Lewy bodies.
“Abnormal neuropil and neuronal cytoplasmic α-synuclein immunoreactivity are usually present with LBs but will not be apparent by H&E; in some instances, these changes occur in the absence of LBs.”
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Diffuse white matter injury is a form of VBI but it is more difficult to judge objectively and is not specific to VBI.
“Diffuse white matter injury is a form of VBI but it is more difficult to judge objectively and is not specific to VBI.”
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Hippocampal sclerosis can be observed in the context of AD neuropathologic change, FTLD, and VBI, likely reflecting a heterogeneous etiology.
“HS can be observed in the context of AD neuropathologic change, frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), and VBI, likely reflecting a heterogeneous etiology.”
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Hippocampal sclerosis can be focal, so its absence in the recommended screening section does not rule out the possibility of HS elsewhere in the hippocampal formation.
“HS can be focal, thus its absence in the recommended screening section does not rule out the possibility of HS elsewhere in the hippocampal formation.”
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Hippocampal sclerosis can occur in several different diseases and has varying clinical implications in different settings.
“Clinico-pathological correlations need to recognize that HS can occur in several different diseases and has varying clinical implications in different settings.”
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“The new NIA criteria use the same combination of NPs and Braak stage as the minimum lesion density necessary for attributing the cause of dementia to AD (39, 40).”
From Accuracy of the Clinical Diagnosis of Alzheimer Disease at National Institute on Aging Alzheimer Disease Centers, 2005–2010 (2012) · cites this paper as [40]
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“The definitive diagnosis of AD requires microscopic examination of multiple brain regions employing staining methods that can detect Alzheimer type neuropathologic change [24], with diagnosis based upon the morphology and density of lesions and their topographic distribution.”
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“This finding is highlighted by the fact that nearly one third of patients with pathological findings of high likelihood Alzheimer’s disease [24] were thought to other disorders, and 3% were considered clinically normal at the time of their last clinical exam (Table 2).”
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“However, both Aβ and paired helical filament (PHF) tau deposits are required to fulfill neuropathologic criteria for AD [105,106]”
From NIA‐AA Research Framework: Toward a biological definition of Alzheimer's disease (2018) · cites this paper as [105]
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“Autopsy analyses classified the level of ADNC from “none” to “high” using an established scoring system when available.”
From Automatic classification of AD pathology in FTD phenotypes using natural speech (2024) · cites this paper as [30]
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“Participants in the Confirmed-AD group (n ¼ 1854) were diagnosed with primary or contributing ADdementia at their last UDS visit before death and met our criteria for ADNC: moderate to frequent neuritic plaques and Braak stages III through VI, which loosely aligns with NIA-AA criteria for intermediate or high ADNC (13).”
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“The shortcomings of the NIA-Reagan criteria have been recognized and a revised set of criteria are currently in press (39, 40).”
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“In the revision of the 1997 criteria, combinations of plaque and tangle pathologies considered sufficient to cause dementia and qualify for the neuropathological diagnosis of AD are explicitly stated (40, 41).”
From Accuracy of the Clinical Diagnosis of Alzheimer Disease at National Institute on Aging Alzheimer Disease Centers, 2005–2010 (2012) · cites this paper as [40]
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“Neuropathologic diagnosis of AD was in accordance with current NIA-AA guidelines (Hyman et al., 2012; Montine et al., 2012).”
From Cholesterol and matrisome pathways dysregulated in astrocytes and microglia (2022) · cites this paper as Montine et al., 2012
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“Neuropathological assessment was performed by 2 authors (T.G.B. and T.J.M.) blinded to clinical and imaging results and using NIA–AA diagnostic scoring guidelines.5,40”
From Positron Emission Tomography Imaging With [ 18 F]flortaucipir and Postmortem Assessment of Alzheimer Disease Neuropathologic Changes (2020) · cites this paper as [40]
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“Additional changes that may also occur in the brains of AD patients include amyloid angiopathy, age-related brain atrophy, synaptic pathology, white matter rarefaction, granulovacuolar degeneration, neuron loss, TDP-43 proteinopathy, and neuroinflammation (20-26), which may contribute to cognitive impairment; however, these are not considered pathognomonic features of AD (3).”
From Correlation of Alzheimer Disease Neuropathologic Changes With Cognitive Status: A Review of the Literature (2012) · cites this paper as [3]
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“In contrast, dense and extensive neocortical NFTs are very consistently associated with dementia and thus, according to new diagnostic criteria, these are required to constitute high burden of AD neuropathologic change (3).”
From Correlation of Alzheimer Disease Neuropathologic Changes With Cognitive Status: A Review of the Literature (2012) · cites this paper as [3]
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“The current revision of the National Institute on Aging–Alzheimer’s Association guidelines for the neuropathologic assessment of AD stipulate that subjects with moderately dense neuritic AβPs may be regarded as having an intermediate level of AD neuropathologic change and that other potential contributors to cognitive impairment and dementia should be sought (3).”
From Correlation of Alzheimer Disease Neuropathologic Changes With Cognitive Status: A Review of the Literature (2012) · cites this paper as [3]
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“There is no universally applied rubric for CVD pathologic diagnosis, although the recent National Institute on Aging–Alzheimer’s Association criteria attempted to systematize neuropathologic assessment of this complex form of brain injury (3).”
From Correlation of Alzheimer Disease Neuropathologic Changes With Cognitive Status: A Review of the Literature (2012) · cites this paper as [3]
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“Alzheimer's disease cases met criteria for a high likelihood of AD (Montine et al., 2012).”
From Alzheimer's amyloid‐β and tau protein accumulation is associated with decreased expression of the LDL receptor‐associated protein in human brain tissue (2020) · cites this paper as Montine et al., 2012
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McKhann, G. M., Knopman, D. S., Chertkow, H., Hyman, B. T., Jack, C. R., Kawas, C. H., Klunk, W. E., Koroshetz, W. J., Manly, J. J., Mayeux, R., et al. (2011) · Alzheimer's & Dementia · doi:10.1016/j.jalz.2011.03.005 · Cited by 18,657 · cited 1×
“‘‘Alzheimer’s disease’’ refers to a constellation of cognitive and behavioral changes that are typical for patients who have substantial amounts of its hallmark lesions [6, 39].”
Self-citationNeuropathological stageing of Alzheimer-related changes.
Braak, H., & Braak, E. (1991) · Acta Neuropathologica · doi:10.1007/bf00308809 · Cited by 16,123 · cited 8×
“‘‘Intermediate’’ or ‘‘High’’ AD neuropathologic change (italicized) is considered sufficient explanation for dementia a NFT stage should be determined by the method of Braak [14, 15] b Ab/amyloid plaque score should be determined by the method of Thal et al.”
InfluentialStaging of brain pathology related to sporadic Parkinson’s disease
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“‘‘Alzheimer’s disease’’ refers to a constellation of cognitive and behavioral changes that are typical for patients who have substantial amounts of its hallmark lesions [6, 39].”
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“Similar neuropathologic changes, albeit usually at lower levels, also occur in individuals who did not show cognitive or behavioral impairments during life [54].”
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“Region Stain for A /amyloid plaques [57] Stain for NFTs [14,15] Stain for NPs [41] Stain for LBs H&E”
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“With the exception of individuals with mutations in TARDBP, GRN, VCP or c9ORF72 [10, 18], it is not clear whether TDP-43 proteinopathy in these other neurodegenerative diseases is”
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“frequently have phospho-tau immunoreactivity [19, 36, 37, 55].”
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“Cases with a CERAD score > 1 were also excluded [24].”
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“AD was determined at autopsy based on established criteria [96] defined as high or intermediate AD neuropathological change (ADNC).”
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“…were based on Japanese lecanemab guidelines 12 and included a diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment due to AD or mild AD according to the 2012 criteria of the National Institute on Aging and the Alzheimer ’ s Association, 13 an MMSE score of 22 – 30, and a CDR global score (CDR-GS) of 0.5 or 1.0.”
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“…Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke–Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association (NINCDS-ADRDA) criteria [40] 4 American Diabetes Association (ADA) criteria, where participants with fasting blood glucose over 125 mg/dl were identified as having T2D [7] 5…”
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Amygdalar nuclei vulnerability to protein aggregates in Lewy body diseases
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“…neuropathologist (A.R.) according to the international guidelines of the Brain Net Europe consortium ( h t t p s : / / w w w . b r a i n b a n k . n l / a b o u t - u s / b r a i n - n e t - e u r o p e / ) [2–4], the NIA-AA criteria for AD [37] and the DLB consortium guidelines for DLB [35].”
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“A prominent form known as Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is characterized histologically by the accumulation of amyloid-β (A β ) plaques and phosphorylated Tau tangles (p-Tau) [2–4] and clinically by profound cognitive decline, progressive memory loss, and early mortality [5].”
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“39,42 Distribution of LB pathology was determined via α -synuclein immunohistochemistry staining ( α Syn MJFR1, Abcam) using slices from pons and/or midbrain, hippocampus, amygdala, and neocortical areas including temporal cortex and/or middle frontal cortex.”
Greater burden of Alzheimer's Co-pathology in women with Parkinson's disease dementia
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“…their source, sex, age at death in years, post-mortem interval in hours, ABC score reflecting the distribution of Tau and Aβ pathologies based on the criteria from Montine et al. [41], as well as a summary of any other relevant neuropathological findings, based on the information we had available.”
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“To reduce the confounds of mixed pathology, we excluded cases that had a clinically relevant medium-or high-level ADNC ( n = 154 met inclusion criteria) [64].”
Choroid plexus volume in pathology-confirmed Alzheimer's disease
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“Definitions for each pathological stage are described elsewhere [29].”
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An analysis of cerebral amyloid angiopathy based on samples from human brain bank
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“…of ADNC was evaluated based on the National Institute on Aging and Alzheimer ’ s Association (NIA-AA) standard system proposed by Montine T.J (24)., which involves assessing the pathological changes and their severity of senile plaques (A score), neuro fi brillary tangles (B score), and…”
Thoe, E. S., Dong, T. H., Fauzi, A., Chamyuang, S., Tang, Y.-Q., & Chia, A. Y. Y. (2026) · Biomedicines · doi:10.3390/biomedicines14081862
“From a pathological perspective, AD is clinically characterized by the abnormal accumulation of extracellular amyloid-β (A β ) plaques and intracellular neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) [3,4].”
Clinicopathological characterisation of the first Australian family with the p.G51D SNCA mutation
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“23,24,30,31 In brief, neuro fi brillary tangle burden was rated on a 0 – 6 scale, neuritic plaques on a 0 –”
50µm ex vivo MRI reveals distant layer-specific hippocampal atrophy in early Alzheimer's diseasePreprint
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“All participants were classified according to the level of AD neuropathologic change (ABC score) [38].”
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Targeting protein aggregate co-pathologies in neurodegeneration: a viable therapeutic strategy?
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“For scoring of AD neuropathologic changes, according to National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer’s Association guidelines, Thal phases can be condensed into scores of 0 (none), 1 (Thal phase 1 or 2), 2 (phase 3) and 3 (phase 4 or 5) [21, 22].”
Laureyssen, C., Thal, D. R., & Sleegers, K. (2026) · Acta Neuropathologica · doi:10.1007/s00401-026-03085-4
“However, recent revisions have been made to these diagnostic criteria [115].”
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“The present analysis focused on amyloid-β , tau, α -synuclein, TDP-43 status, and CVD using consensus-based semi-quantitative rating scales [21].”
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Self-citationNeuropathology of centenarians and supercentenarians: An autopsy study
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“ADNC was assigned using the NIA-AA "ABC" consensus criteria 28 Three donors without cognitive or neuropathological assessment (young reference brains) were excluded prior to classification, and four donors with dementia but without AD pathology (non-AD dementia) were also excluded from the analysis…”
Josephs, K. A., Weigand, S. D., Satoh, R., Lavrova, A., Tapia, A. L., Graff‐Radford, J., Machulda, M. M., Kantarci, K., Boeve, B. F., Petersen, R. C., et al. (2026) · iScience · doi:10.1016/j.isci.2026.117530
“Using the National Institute of Aging-Alzheimer’s Association recommendations, 41,90 we classified participants as having Alzheimer’s disease if the Thal β -amyloid phase was 1–5 15 and the Braak NFT stage was 0-VI.”
Self-citationEspejo, K., Rulkens, R., Hayes, C. A., & Contreras, J. A. (2026) · Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnagi.2026.1874472
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“…in an activity-regulated postsynaptic scaffold linking mGluR5 to glutamate receptor signaling 24 , suggesting that this pattern may reflect altered mGluR5-linked synaptic signaling or enrichment of these synaptic constituents in neuronal populations selectively vulnerable to TDP-43 pathology 25 .”
Shi, R., Zeng, X., Farinas, M. F., et al. (2026) · medRxiv · doi:10.64898/2026.09.29.26363951
Alsulami, A., Bogdani, M., MacLean, E. L., Keene, C. D., McGrath, S., Akey, J. M., Benton, B., Borenstein, E., Castelhano, M. G., Coleman, A. E., et al. (2026) · npj Dementia · doi:10.1038/s44400-026-00141-4
“Speci fi cally, dog CD3 showed visual cortical involvement without detectable hippocampal tau pathology, whiledogs17,18,and21showedinvolvementofboththehippocampusand visualcortexwithouttheexpectedinvolvementofthemiddlefrontalgyrus (Fig.3B).”
InfluentialQuantitative Relationship Between Lumipulse G Measures of pTau217 in Plasma and the Temporal Cortex
Meyer, S. D., Tomé, S. O., Lahaije, B., Vanbrabant, J., Lambrechts, C., Goossens, J., Vanmechelen, E., Sleegers, K., Arnim, C. A. F. V., Tousseyn, T., et al. (2026) · Neurology · doi:10.1212/wnl.0000000000218598
“40 Moreover, plasma pTau217 NT , pTau217 Mid , and pTau217 Mid /A β 1-42 measures demonstrated strong correlations with the pathologic distribution of core measures of ADNC.”
InfluentialSelf-citationNerve growth factor metabolic dysfunction in Down’s syndrome brains
Iulita, M. F., Carmo, S. D., Ower, A. K., Fortress, A. M., Aguilar, L. F., Hanna, M., Thomas, W., Granholm, A.-C., Buhusi, M. C., Busciglio, J. A., et al. (2026) · Brain · doi:10.1093/brain/awag238
“Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease in Down’s syndrome subjects was done following neurological examination using DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition, American Psychiatric Association) and ABC criteria (Montine et al., 2012) as well as considering medical and behavioural history obt…”
Zeng, X., Abrahamson, E. E., Balogun, W. G., Kofler, J., Paljug, W. R., Pivtoraiko, V. N., Ikonomović, M. D., & Karikari, T. K. (2026) · medRxiv · doi:10.64898/2026.10.04.26361149
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Self-citationThe histone variant H2A.Z regulates sex differences in Alzheimer’s disease pathophysiology
Hategan, L. A., Luo, J., Creighton, S. D., Pirri, F., McLean, T. A. B., Hua, S., Dahi, T. A., Jin, Z., Winston, S. M., Reeves, I. L., et al. (2026) · Neuron · doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2026.09.019
Post-traumatic dementia: Advances in understanding neurodegenerative mechanisms
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Chronic traumatic encephalopathy in a neuropathologically confirmed Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease cohort
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“…[15, 19], the ABC score for AD neuropathologic change according to National Institute on Aging – Alzheimer ’ s Association (NIA-AA)/NINDS criteria [20], Braak staging of tau pathology (I – VI) [21], Thal phase for A β amyloid deposition (0 – 5) [22], and Consortium to Establish a Registry for…”
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- National Institute on Aging (U01-AG-024904, R01AG017917, AG18840, AG-15819, R01AG015866, P30AG028383, R01AG042210, R01AG018440, U01AG016976, P50AG005131, P50AG016570, P01AG003949, P30AG010124, R01AG015819, P30AG010161, AG24904, P50AG005681, P30AG019610, P01AG003991, P50AG005136, P50AG005134, P30AG013854, U19AG010483, RF1AG015819, P01AG012435, U19AG024904, P30AG062421)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (P50NS062684)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
- Keywords
- Alzheimer's disease, amyloid-beta deposition, neurofibrillary tangles, neuritic plaques, ABC score, Lewy body disease, vascular brain injury, hippocampal sclerosis, TDP-43 inclusions, staining techniques, clinicopathological correlation, preclinical Alzheimer's disease
- MeSH terms
- Alzheimer Disease, Brain, Cerebrovascular Disorders, DNA-Binding Proteins, Hippocampus, Humans, Sclerosis, United States, Cerebrovascular Trauma, Lewy Body Disease, National Institute on Aging (U.S.)
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
A language model drew the claims from the paper on 2026-10-18, under version 3 of the claim definition (model deepseek-v4.1-flash, prompt extract-v3).
A second model labelled each claim on 2026-10-18 (model jev-1.13-20260917, definition revision gold-guideline-v0.2).
Cited sources are checked with a language model’s help (gpt-6-sol).
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
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