NALT

Preferred term

Lewy bodies

Topic

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.

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

68957

Spanish

cuerpos de Lewy

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/246142

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Created 3/30/15, last modified 11/16/15