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Part of the book series: Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology (ADVSANAT, volume 201)
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The synucleinopathy sporadic Parkinson’s disease (sPD) is the second most frequent degenerative disorder of the human nervous system after Alzheimer’s disease. The propensity for developing sPD exists in all ethnic groups worldwide, and the prevalence of the disorder increases considerably with age, thereby imposing an enormous social and economic burden on societies with increased life expectancy. The sPD-associated pathological process is progressive, does not go into remission, and can take decades to reach its culmination if it is not be terminated prematurely by death owing to other causes.
Against the background of the normal morphology and anatomy, the authors analyze the pathoanatomy of sPD in the nervous system at various neuropathological stages and summarize the potential functional consequences of the lesions.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Neuroanatomy and Pathology of Sporadic Parkinson's Disease
Authors: Heiko Braak, Kelly Del Tredici
Series Title: Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79850-7
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE, part of Springer Nature 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-79849-1Published: 03 December 2008
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-79850-7Published: 27 November 2008
Series ISSN: 0301-5556
Series E-ISSN: 2192-7065
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 119
Number of Illustrations: 29 illustrations in colour
Topics: Neurosciences