Decreased senile plaque density in Alzheimer neocortex adjacent to an omental transposition

N R Relkin; M A Edgar; G K Gouras; S E Gandy; H S Goldsmith

doi:10.1080/01616412.1996.11740423

Decreased senile plaque density in Alzheimer neocortex adjacent to an omental transposition

Neurol Res. 1996 Aug;18(4):291-4; discussion 295-6. doi: 10.1080/01616412.1996.11740423.

Authors

N R Relkin¹, M A Edgar, G K Gouras, S E Gandy, H S Goldsmith

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Cornell University Medical Center, New York, NY 10021, USA.

PMID: 8875444
DOI: 10.1080/01616412.1996.11740423

Abstract

Post-mortem studies of the brain of an Alzheimer patient indicate fewer senile plaques in the crests of cortical gyri underneath an omental transposition than in neighboring cortical areas.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Alzheimer Disease / pathology*
Alzheimer Disease / surgery
Amyloid beta-Peptides / metabolism
Animals
Astrocytes / metabolism
Astrocytes / pathology
Atrophy
Cell Hypoxia
Cerebrovascular Circulation
Hemosiderin / analysis
Humans
Iron / metabolism
Male
Occipital Lobe / blood supply
Occipital Lobe / pathology*
Omentum / transplantation*
Parietal Lobe / blood supply
Parietal Lobe / pathology*
Transplantation, Heterotopic*

Substances

Amyloid beta-Peptides
Hemosiderin
Iron