Disease Name: Alzheimer's Disease
Other Names: AD
Description
Clinical: Familial and sporadic forms of dementia characterized by prominent amnestic syndrome
Neuropathological: Frontal, parietal and temporal atrophy. Differentially distributed neuritic plaques and tangles with disposition of Aß amyloid
Virtual Microscopy
| Site | Stain |
|---|---|
| Cortex & Hippocampus | Hematoxylin and Eosin |
| Bielschowsky | |
| Aß amyloid | |
| Phospho-tau |
Diagnostic Neuropathological Features: Neurofibrillary tangles, plaques, granulovacuolar degeneration