Neuroanatomy and Pathology of Sporadic Parkinson's Disease
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Timmermans, Antwerpen Heiko Braak and Kelly Del Tredici N e u r o a n a t o m y and Pathology of Sporadic Parkinson’s Disease With 29 Figures Heiko Braak Kelly Del Tredici Institute for Clinical Neuroanatomy Institute for Clinical Neuroanatomy Goethe University Frankfurt Goethe University Frankfurt Theodor Stern Kai 7 Theodor Stern Kai 7 60590 Frankfurt am Main 60590 Frankfurt am Main Germany Germany e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] ISSN 0301-5556 ISBN 978-3-540-79849-1 e-ISBN 978-3-540-79850-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2008932111 © 2009 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. 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Printed on acid-free paper 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 springer.com List of Contents 1 Prologue . 1 1.1 sPD and Parkinsonism . 2 1.2 sPD Is a Proteinopathy Linked to the Development of Abnormal Intraneuronal Inclusions (Lewy Pathology: Lewy Neurites, Lewy bodies, Lewy plaques) . 3 2 Morphology of Lewy Pathology . 8 2.1 The Protein α-Synuclein . 8 2.2 Protein Misfolding and Abnormal Aggregation of α-Synuclein . 9 2.3 Light Microscopic Visualization of Lewy Pathology . 10 2.3.1 Lewy Neurites . 12 2.3.2 Granular Aggregations . 13 2.3.3 Pale Bodies and Lewy Bodies . 13 2.3.4 Lewy Plaques . 14 2.4 Degradation of Lewy Pathology . 14 2.5 Lewy Pathology Can Co-occur with Pathology Related to Other Disorders . 15 3 The Evolving Distribution Pattern of Lewy Pathology Associated with sPD Renders Neuropathological Staging Possible . 15 3.1 Incidental Lewy Pathology. 15 3.2 Presymptomatic and Symptomatic Phases . 15 3.3 Vulnerable Regions are Interconnected Anatomically . 18 4 Stage 1 . 20 4.1 Pathology in Olfactory Structures . 20 4.2 Basic Organization of the Medullary Autonomic Region . 21 4.3 Involvement of Preganglionic Parasympathetic Projection Neurons . 21 4.4 Pathology in the Enteric Nervous System . 23 4.5 Is sPD Inducible by a Neurotropic Pathogen Akin to a Slow Virus? . 23 4.6 Involvement of Preganglionic and Postganglionic Sympathetic Projection Neurons . 29 4.7 Pathology in Lamina I of the Spinal Cord . 29 5 Stage 2 . 32 5.1 Involvement of the Medulla Oblongata and Pontine Tegmentum . 32 5.2 Basic Organization of the Gain Setting System . 35 5.2.1 Lower Raphe Nuclei . 35 5.2.2 Magnocellular Reticular Nuclei . 35 5.2.3 Coeruleus–Subcoeruleus Complex . 36 5.3 Potential Functional Consequences of the Lesions . 37 vi List of Contents 6 Stage 3 . 38 6.1 Involvement of the Mesencephalic Tegmentum and Basal Forebrain . 38 6.1.1 Central Subnucleus of the Amygdala . 38 6.1.2 Substantia Nigra and Adjoining Nuclei . 40 6.2 Basic Organization of Nonthalamic Nuclei with Diffuse Projections . 43 6.2.1 Magnocellular Nuclei of the Basal Forebrain . 44 6.2.2 Pedunculopontine Tegmental Nucleus . 44 6.2.3 Tuberomamillary Nucleus . 45 6.2.4 Upper Raphe Nuclei . 45 6.3 Potential Functional Consequences of the Lesions . 46 7 Stage 4 . 48 7.1 Involvement of the Amygdala and Thalamus . 49 7.1.1 Amygdala . 49 7.1.2 Thalamus . 50 7.2 Basic Organization of the Cerebral Cortex and Limbic Circuit . 52 7.2.1 Allocortex and Neocortex . 52 7.2.2 Mesocortex. 57 7.2.3 Limbic Circuit . 58 7.3 Involvement of the Temporal Mesocortex and Hippocampal Formation . 59 7.3.1 Temporal Mesocortex . 59 7.3.2 Hippocampal Formation . 60 7.4 Involvement of Insular, Subgenual, and Anterior Cingulate Areas . 60 7.5 Potential Functional Consequences of the Lesions . 61 8 Stages 5 and 6 . 64 8.1 Involvement of Neocortex and Basal Ganglia . 65 8.1.1 Neocortex . 65 8.1.2 Basal Ganglia . 67 8.2 Basic Organization of the Basal Ganglia and Striatal Circuit . 69 8.2.1 Striatum . 69 8.2.2 Pallidum . 71 8.2.3 Subthalamic Nucleus . 72 8.2.4 Claustrum . 73 8.3 Dot-Like Inclusions and Abnormally Altered Astrocytes in the Forebrain . 73 8.4 Disruption of the Striatal Circuit . ..