Neuropathology of dementia in patients with Parkinson's disease: a systematic review of autopsy studies.
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
; 90(11): 1234-1243, 2019 11.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Dementia is a common, debilitating feature of late Parkinson's disease (PD). PD dementia (PDD) is associated with α-synuclein propagation, but coexistent Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology may coexist. Other pathologies (cerebrovascular, transactive response DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43)) may also influence cognition. We aimed to describe the neuropathology underlying dementia in PD.METHODS:
Systematic review of autopsy studies published in English involving PD cases with dementia. Comparison groups included PD without dementia, AD, dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and healthy controls.RESULTS:
44 reports involving 2002 cases, 57.2% with dementia, met inclusion criteria. While limbic and neocortical α-synuclein pathology had the strongest association with dementia, between a fifth and a third of all PD cases in the largest studies had comorbid AD. In PD cases with dementia, tau pathology was moderate or severe in around a third, and amyloid-ß pathology was moderate or severe in over half. Amyloid-ß was associated with a more rapid cognitive decline and earlier mortality, and in the striatum, distinguished PDD from DLB. Positive correlations between multiple measures of α-synuclein, tau and amyloid-ß were found. Cerebrovascular and TDP-43 pathologies did not generally contribute to dementia in PD. TDP-43 and amyloid angiopathy correlated with coexistent Alzheimer pathology.CONCLUSIONS:
While significant α-synuclein pathology is the main substrate of dementia in PD, coexistent pathologies are common. In particular, tau and amyloid-ß pathologies independently contribute to the development and pattern of cognitive decline in PD. Their presence should be assessed in future clinical trials where dementia is a key outcome measure. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER CRD42018088691.Palabras clave
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Asunto principal:
Enfermedad de Parkinson
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Autopsia
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Encéfalo
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Demencia
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Enfermedad de Alzheimer
Tipo de estudio:
Systematic_reviews
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
Año:
2019
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Article
País de afiliación:
Reino Unido