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Published in final edited form as: Arch Neurol. 2010 Oct;67(10):1238–1250. doi: 10.1001/archneurol.2010.254

Table 3.

Whole-Brain TDP-43 Pathology in Chronic Psychotic Illness and the Controls 65 Years and Older

Case No./Diagnosis COR
ALL
PAL
ARC
TRA
NEO
MES
RHO
DEE
AMY PAG PAW DEG CAS ALV GM WM TEG TEW FRG FRW CIG CWC MED CER MIB BAS THA
1/SMI-D + ++++
S>D
2/SMI ++++ ++
S P ++
3/SMI-D ++++ P, S
S
4/SMI ++++ ++ ++ + +++ ++ +
S S S S D
5/Control ++ ++++ +++ ++
S S F>S S
6/SMI-D ++++ ++ + ++ +
S>D F S
7/SMI-D +++ + ++
S S +++ ++
8/Control +++ F F
S
9/SMI-D +++ + +++
S S
10/SMIa +++ + ++ ++
S>D S S
11/SMI-Db ++ + + ++++
S S +
12/SMI-D + +++
S +++
13/Control +++ S
S>D
14/SMI-D + ++ + +++ +++ + ++ +
S, D, P S D P
15/SMI-D + ++ +++
S S +
16/SMI ++ +++ ++ +
D, S S S +
17/Control + +++ ++ +++
S S S, P
18/SMI-D +++ + +++ ++ +++
S F D D
19/SMI +++ +
S ++ ++
20/SMI-D ++++ ++++ + S S
F D +
21/SMI-D ++ ++++ + ++
D D>S S + +
22/SMI +++ +
D ++++
23/Control with MCI + +++ ++ + ++ + + P
D D D +
24/Control with MCI +++ +++ + +++ ++++ ++ ++ +
D D D D D D
25/SMI-D +++
F>P
26/SMI + +++ ++++ ++ +++ +
D D S S>D
27/SMI + + + ++++ ++ +
D F
28/Control + +++ ++
D D>S
29/SMI + + +++ +
F
30/SMI-D ++++ ++++ + +++ +
S P S
31/Control ++ +++ ++++
D D>S P
32/SMI-D + + ++++ +
P
33/Control ++++
P
34/SMI-D ++ +++ +
S P
35/Control +++
P

Abbreviations: ALL, allocortex; ALV, alveus; AMY, amygdala; ARC, archicortex; BAS, basal ganglia (striatum/lentiform nucleus); CAS, CA1-CA4–subiculum; CER, cerebellum; CIG, cingulate gray matter; COR, corticoid; CWC, cingulate white matter and corpus callosum; D, diffuse TDP-43 pathology; DEE, deep brain nuclei; DEG, dentate gyrus; F, focal; FRG, frontal gray matter; FRW, frontal white matter; GM, gray matter; MCI, mild cognitive impairment/complaints; MED, medulla; MES, mesocortex; MIB, midbrain; NEO, neocortex; P, perivascular TDP-43 pathology; PAG, periamygdaloid gray matter; PAL, palaeocortex; PAW, periamygdaloid white matter; RHO, rhombencephalon; S, subventricular (subependymal or subpial) TDP-43 pathology; SMI, severe mental illness; SMI-D, severe mental illness with superimposed dementia; TDP-43, 43-kDa transactivation response DNA-binding protein; TEG, temporal gray matter; TEW, temporal white matter; THA, thalamus; TRA, (trans)entorhinal region; WM, white matter; +, rare pathology; ++, mild pathology; +++, moderate pathology; ++++, severe pathology.

a

Schizoaffective disorder.

b

Case with variation in progranulin gene.