Heiko Braak

Neuropathological stageing of Alzheimer-related changes

Staging of brain pathology related to sporadic Parkinson’s disease

Frequency of Stages of Alzheimer-Related Lesions in Different Age Categories

Demonstration of Amyloid Deposits and Neurofibrillary Changes in Whole Brain Sections

Selective and sensitive silver staining of extracellular amyloid deposits and intraneuronal neurofibrillary changes can be applied to 50–150 μ.m thick polyethylene glycol sectio...

The human entorhinal cortex: normal morphology and lamina-specific pathology in various diseases

Amygdala pathology in Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease: affection of brain stem nuclei controlling premotor and motor neurons of the somatomotor system

Pathological Changes in the Parahippocampal Region in Select Non‐Alzheimer's Dementias

A bstract : The transentorhinal and entorhinal regions of the human brain extend over the ambient gyrus and anterior portions of the parahippocampal gyrus. They are important co...

Nuclear configuration and neuronal types of the nucleus niger in the brain of the human adult.

The pigmentoarchitectonic analysis of the human nucleus niger reveals three main territories: Pars compacta, pars diffusa and pars reticulata. Seven subnuclei are recognized wit...

Silver staining method for demonstrating Lewy bodies in Parkinson’s disease and argyrophilic oligodendrocytes in multiple system atrophy

Alpha-synuclein is not a requisite component of synaptic boutons in the adult human central nervous system

Where Does Parkinson Disease Pathology Begin in the Brain?

The substantia nigra is not the induction site in the brain of the neurodegenerative process underlying Parkinson disease (PD). Instead, the results of this semi-quantitative st...

Pathological and clinical features of Parkinson's disease with and without dementia

The pathology of Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by the presence of neuronal loss, Lewy bodies (LBs), and Lewy neurites (LNs) at predilection sites in the nervous syst...

Neuropathologic Features of Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment

The neuropathologic features of aMCI matched the clinical features and seemed to be intermediate between the neurofibrillary changes of aging and the pathologic features of very...