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1: Acta Neuropathol. 1985;66(2):127-33.Links

Neuronal loss in the basal nucleus of Meynert in a patient with olivopontocerebellar atrophy.

Tagliavini F, Pilleri G.

A morphometric study of the basal nucleus of Meynert has been performed in a case of familial olivopontocerebellar atrophy with mental deterioration. The magnocellular population of the basal nucleus was found to be substantially reduced in number (over 60%) as compared with that of three age-matched controls. This finding has not been reported previously and might represent one of the anatomic substrates of some of the cognitive disturbances exhibited by a considerable number of patients with olivopontocerebellar atrophy (OPCA).

PMID: 4013667 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]