The presence of shrunken neurons with pyknotic nuclei in the dentate nucleus is a common postmortem change associated with autolysis of the cerebellar granular cell layer

Free Neuropathol. 2024 May 24:5:5-13. doi: 10.17879/freeneuropathology-2024-5398. eCollection 2024 Jan.

Authors

Bilge Dundar¹, Busranur Agac², Eyas Alzayadneh³, Randy Tashjian⁴, Kyle S Conway⁴

Affiliations

¹ Mayo Clinic, Department of Pathology, Rochester, MN, USA.
² Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Neurology, St. Louis, MO, USA.
³ University of Iowa, Department of Pathology, Iowa City, IA, USA.
⁴ University of Michigan, Department of Pathology, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

PMID: 38803422
PMCID: PMC11129276
DOI: 10.17879/freeneuropathology-2024-5398

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Keywords: Autolysis; Cerebellum; Dentate nucleus; Granular cell layer; Post-mortem.