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. 2017 Jan 19;28(2):274–283. doi: 10.1111/bpa.12482

Table 2.

Anatomical distribution of neuronal. Abbreviations: NFT, neurofibrillary tangle; PT, pretangle; SB, spherical body; TA, tufted astrocytes; RA, ramified astrocytes; GFA, granular/fuzzy astrocytes; subthal, subthalamic nucleus; AG, astroglial; OG, oligodendroglial (in the adjacent white matter) tau pathologies. −: none; +: occasional; ++: moderate number; +++: abundant/many. *Thorn‐shaped astrocytes (TSA) in the white matter.

Case 1 Case 2 Case 3
Region/pathology NFT/PT SB AG OG NFT/PT SB AG OG NFT/PT SB AG OG
Frontal + +TA + + +++TA + ++ +
Temporal + + +++TA ++ +++ +
Parietal +++TA ++ ++ +* +
Anterior cingulate ++ +TA + + +++TA ++ ++ +
Entorhinal +++ +TA + + +++TA + +++
Hippocampus
CA1/subiculum +++ + ++TA +++ + + +++TA ++ +++ + +TA/RA +
CA2/3 +++ + +++TA +++ + + +++TA +++ + ++TA/RA +
CA4 ++ +++TA + +++TA + ++TA/RA
Dentate gyrus + +++ ++TA/TSA + ++ ++TA + +++ +TA/RA
Amygdala +++ +++TA/GFA +++ +++ + +++TA ++ +++ ++GFA/TSA +
Striatum ++ +++TA + + +++TA + +
Globus pallidus + ++TA +++ ++ +TA +++
Thalamus + subthal ++ + ++ +++TA +++ ++
Substantia nigra ++ +++ +TA +++ +
Locus coeuruleus +++ + + ++
Pontine base + + +++ +
Inferior olives +++ + +
Hypoglossal nucleus
Dorsal vagus nucleus ++
Dentate nucleus ++ +++ +