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Table 2 Parkinson’s disease and control case information from substantia nigra received from PDUK Brain Bank

From: Reduced sphingolipid hydrolase activities, substrate accumulation and ganglioside decline in Parkinson’s disease

 

Control subjects

PD subjects

Cohort size

5

20

Female (%)

20

20

Male (%)

80

80

Age (years)

83.4 ± 9.5

77.6 ± 6.9

PMI (hours)

15.4 ± 6.9

15.9 ± 5.2

Disease duration (years)

N/A

13.5 ± 7.4

α-synuclein Braak score

N/A

Score 5: n = 5

Score 6: n = 15

Tau Braak score

N/A

Score 1 n = 8

Score 2: n = 11

Score 3: n = 1

  1. PMI post-mortem interval. Data summarised as mean ± SD. α-synuclein Braak score (ranging from 1 to 6) based on Alafuzoff et al., 2009, Acta Neuropathologica. Tau pathology Braak score (ranging from 1 to 6) based on Alafuzoff et al., 2008, Brain Pathology
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  3. 4. Alafuzoff I, Arzberger T, Al-Sarraj S, Bodi I, Bogdanovic N, Braak H, et al. Staging of neurofibrillary pathology in Alzheimer’s disease: a study of the BrainNet Europe Consortium. Brain Pathol. 2008;18 (4):484–96