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Table 1 Summary of patient groups used in this study

From: Tau accumulation in the nucleus accumbens in tangle-predominant dementia

 

TPD

AD

Non-demented

Braaks’ NFT stages

III or IV

IV

V

VI

I-III

Number of cases

7

10

8

4

11

Gender (male/female)

1/6

6/4

4/4

2/2

7/4

Age at death*

88.4 ± 7.2

81.5 ± 8.5

86 ± 3.5

81.5 ± 8.8

81 ± 7.0

Disease duration (y)*

4.7 ± 2.9

6.1 ± 6.7

6.2 ± 3.5

6.6 ± 6.0

n/a

Brain weight (g)*

1,137 ± 135.3

1,134 ± 174.8

1,119 ± 77.2

1,008 ± 156.5

1,146 ± 77.1

  1. TPD, Tangle-predominant dementia; AD, Alzheimer’s disease; NFT, neurofibrillary tangles.
  2. *Data are shown as mean ± S.D.