Neuropathological Correlates of Visual Hallucinations in Parkinsonism (S03.006)

CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that Lewy-related pathology is specifically implicated in the genesis of VH in PD and related disorders. Plaque and tangles, although present in many cases, did not contribute to the occurrence of VH.Supported by: The Brain Donation Program is supported by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (U24 NS072026 National Brain and Tissue Resource for Parkinson's Disease and Related Disorders), the National Institute on Aging (P30 AG019610 Arizona Alzheimer's Disease Core Center), the Arizona Department of Health Services (contract 211002, Arizona Alzheimer's Research Center), the Arizona Biomedical Research Commission (contracts 4001, 011, 05-901 and 1001 to the Arizona Parkinson's Disease Consortium) and the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.Disclosure: Dr. Morshed has nothing to disclose. Dr. Jacobson has received research support from Avid, Baxter, Bayer, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Celgene, Eisai Inc, Elan Corporation, Eli Lilli & Company, General Electric, Genentech, Inc., Janssen, and Pfizer Inc. Dr. Beach has received research support from Avid Radiopharmaceuticals/Eli Lilly Corporation, Bayer Healthcare, GE Healthcare, GlaxoSmithKline, Inc., Elan Corporation, Janssen, Iperian, Signum, Biogen Idec, HTG Molecular and Neotope. Dr. Adler has received personal compensation f...
Source: Neurology - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: S03 Parkinson ' s Disease Source Type: research