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Published in final edited form as: Mov Disord. 2012 Mar 26;27(7):831–842. doi: 10.1002/mds.24962

Table 1.

Summary of SNCA autopsy reports

Report Autopsies
(n)
Genotype
(n)
Phenotype (n) Pattern of
neuronal loss
LB, LN
pathology
(n)
LB
distribution-
Braak stage
(n)
Tau
pathology-
NFT
stage2930
(n)
Other
inclusions
Golbe, 199015
Duda, 200216
2 A53T (2) EOPD Dementia (2) SN, LC + (2) 5–6 (1)
Incomplete data (1)
I (1) Incomplete data (1) -
Spira, 200117 2 A53T (2) EOPD, cognitive decline (2) SN, LC, Hippocampus + (2) 5–6 (2) − (2) -
Markopoulou, 200818 2 A53T (2) EOPD (1) PD (1) Dementia (2) SN, LC, Hippocampus + (2) 5 (1)
6 (1)
I (1)
IV (1)
TDP-43 in TC,
GCI (2)
Seidel, 201019 1 A30P (1) PD Dementia(1) SN, LC, dnV + (1) 6 (1) II (1) GCI
Zarranz, 20049 1 E46K (1) PD Dementia(1) SN>LC + (1) 6 (1) − (1) -
Waters, 199420 1 Triplication (1) EOPD Dementia(1) SN, LC, Hippocampus + (1) 6 (1) Sparse (1) -
Muenter, 199821 4 Triplication (4) EOPD (4) Dementia (3/4) SN, LC, Hippocampus + (4) 5–6 (4) − (4) -
Gwinn-Hardy, 200022 1 Triplication (1) EOPD Dementia SN, LC, Hippo, cortex + (1) 6 (1) − (1) GCI
Farrer, 200426 1 Triplication (1) EOPD Dementia Autonomic(1) SN, LC, Hippocampus + (1) 6 (1) No data -
Wakabayashi, 199823 2 Duplication (2) PD, Dementia (2) SN, LC, nbM + (2) 5–6 (2) II (2) -
Obi, 200824 1 Duplication (1) EOPD Dementia(1) SN, LC Hippo + (1) 5–6 (1) I (1) GCI
Ikeuchi, 200825 1 Duplication (1) EOPD Dementia Autonomic(1) SN, LC, Hippocampus + (1) 5–6 (1) III (1) -

Abbreviations: LB: Lewy body, LN: Lewy neurite, NFT: Neurofibrillary tangle, EOPD, early-onset PD, SN: substantia nigra, LC: locus coeruleus, TC: temporal cortex, GCI: glial-cytoplasmic inclusions, TDP-43: TAR DNA binding protein-43. dnV: dorsal nucleus of the vagus. nbM: nucleus basalis of Meynert