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Cells > Cellular Structures > Inclusion Bodies > Lewy Bodies

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Lewy Bodies  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Lewy Body

Note

  • LEWY BODY DISEASE is also available

Scope note

  • Intracytoplasmic, eosinophilic, round to elongated inclusions found in vacuoles of injured or fragmented neurons. The presence of Lewy bodies is the histological marker of the degenerative changes in LEWY BODY DISEASE and PARKINSON DISEASE but they may be seen in other neurological conditions. They are typically found in the substantia nigra and locus coeruleus but they are also seen in the basal forebrain, hypothalamic nuclei, and neocortex.

History note

  • 92

In other languages

  • Lewyn kappaleet

    Finnish

  • Levy
  • Levy-inkluusiokappale
  • Levy-inkluusiokappaleet
  • Levy-kappale
  • Levy-kappaleet
  • Levyn inkluusiokappale
  • Levyn inkluusiokappaleet
  • Levyn kappale
  • Levyn kappaleet
  • Lewy
  • Lewy-inkluusiokappale
  • Lewy-inkluusiokappaleet
  • Lewy-kappale
  • Lewy-kappaleet
  • Lewyn inkluusiokappale
  • Lewyn inkluusiokappaleet
  • Lewyn kappale
  • Lewykroppar

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016631

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