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Table 1 Sumary of neuropathologic, clinical, imaging and fluid markers in dementia with Lewy bodies, Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease

From: Biomarkers in biological fluids for dementia with Lewy bodies

 

AD

AD and DLB

DLB

DLB and PD(D)

PD

Neuropathology

 

Neurofibrillary tangles

 

Lewy bodies

 

Amyloid plaques

Clinical symptoms

 

Cognitive decline

Spontaneous hallucinations

Cognitive decline

 

RBD

L-Dopa response

Nuclear imaging

 

PIB binding↑

 

DAT↚

 

CSF biomarkers

tau ↑

β-Amyloid 1-42 ↚

β-Amyloid 1-40ox↑

β-synucleinv

±-Synuclein↚

p-tau ↑

Soluble NG2↚

CART↚

Neurosin↚

Oligomeric β-synuclein↑

  

NF?

  

Serum biomarkers

  

H-FABP ↑

  

Ca/Mg↑

  1. AD, Alzheimer disease; CART, cocaine and amphetamine regulated transcript; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; DAT, dopamine transporter imaging; DLB, dementia with Lewy bodies; H-FABP, heart-type fatty acid binding protein; NF, neurofilament; NG2, Neuron glia 2; PD, Parkinson's disease; PDD, Parkinson's disease with dementia; PIB, Pittsburgh compound B; p-tau, phosphorylated tau protein; RBD, REM sleep behaviour disorder.