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Lewy Bodies

Known as: Lewy Body, bodies lewis, body lewi 
Intracytoplasmic, eosinophilic, round to elongated inclusions found in vacuoles of injured or fragmented neurons. The presence of Lewy bodies is the… 
National Institutes of Health

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Cytoplasmic inclusion (cell structure)Inclusion Bodies
Lewy Body DiseaseMicrobiologicalNEURODEGENERATION WITH BRAIN IRON ACCUMULATION 4Nerve Degeneration

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Review
2014
Review
2014
Alpha-synuclein biology in Lewy body diseases
α-Synuclein is an abundantly expressed neuronal protein that is at the center of focus in understanding a group of… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Medial temporal lobe atrophy on MRI differentiates Alzheimer's disease from dementia with Lewy bodies and vascular cognitive impairment: a prospective study with pathological verification of…
The purpose of this study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of medial temporal lobe atrophy (MTA) on MRI for… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Depletion of 26S Proteasomes in Mouse Brain Neurons Causes Neurodegeneration and Lewy-Like Inclusions Resembling Human Pale Bodies
Ubiquitin-positive intraneuronal inclusions are a consistent feature of the major human neurodegenerative diseases, suggesting… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Pathological Changes in Dopaminergic Nerve Cells of the Substantia Nigra and Olfactory Bulb in Mice Transgenic for Truncated Human α-Synuclein(1–120): Implications for Lewy Body Disorders
Dysfunction of the 140 aa protein α-synuclein plays a central role in Lewy body disorders, including Parkinson’s disease, as well… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Association of olfactory dysfunction with incidental Lewy bodies
Olfactory dysfunction is found in early Parkinson's disease (PD) and in asymptomatic relatives of PD patients. Incidental Lewy… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Lewy bodies in Parkinson's disease are recognized by antibodies to complement proteins
SummaryThe substantia nigra (SN) in 11 Parkinson's disease (PD) patients and 5 neurologically normal controls was examined… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Aggresome‐related biogenesis of Lewy bodies
Neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's disease (PD) and ‘dementia with Lewy bodies’ (DLB) are characterized… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Lewy body–type degeneration in cardiac plexus in Parkinson’s and incidental Lewy body diseases
Article abstract Heart tissues of patients with PD or incidental Lewy body (LB) disease (ILBD) were examined by light and… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Lewy bodies are ubiquitinated
SummaryThe nature of Lewy bodies (LBs) in the brain stem and cerebral cortex in five cases of diffuse Lewy body disease and one… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Alz-50, Ubiquitin and Tau Immunoreactivity of Neurofibrillary Tangles, Pick Bodies and Lewy Bodies
Abstract Immunocytochemical and quantitative immunochemical techniques were used to study the expression of Alz-50 antigen… 
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