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  1. Fields of Study
  2. cell biology
  3. cell structures
  4. inclusion bodies
  5. cytoplasmic inclusions
  6. Lewy bodies
  1. Fields of Study
  2. mathematics and statistics
  3. animal anatomy
  4. nervous system
  5. neurons
  6. Lewy bodies
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. mathematics and statistics
  3. animal anatomy
  4. nervous system
  5. neurons
  6. Lewy bodies
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. mathematics and statistics
  3. animal anatomy
  4. nervous system
  5. neurons
  6. Lewy bodies
  1. Fields of Study
  2. zoology
  3. animal anatomy
  4. nervous system
  5. neurons
  6. Lewy bodies
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. zoology
  3. animal anatomy
  4. nervous system
  5. neurons
  6. Lewy bodies
  1. Fields of Study
  2. anatomy and morphology
  3. animal anatomy
  4. nervous system
  5. neurons
  6. Lewy bodies
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. anatomy and morphology
  3. animal anatomy
  4. nervous system
  5. neurons
  6. Lewy bodies

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Lewy bodies

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  • Information Intracytoplasmic, eosinophilic, round to elongated inclusions found in vacuoles of injured or fragmented neurons. The presence of Lewy bodies is the histological marker of the degenerative changes in Lewy body disease and Parkinson disease but they may be seen in other neurological conditions. They are typically found in the substantia nigra and locus coeruleus but they are also seen in the basal forebrain, hypothalamic nuclei, and neocortex.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings 2015

    Type: Concept definition

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