Research Article

Dementia in Parkinson's Disease Correlates with α-Synuclein Pathology but Not with Cortical Astrogliosis

Table 3

Median results per group.

DiagnosisGFAP GM (surface %)GFAP WM (surface %)Vimentin GM (cells per mm3)Vimentin WM (cells per mm3)GFAP CSFVimentin CSFLewy bodies (per mm3)

Control1.221.37963.331232.7600.0
PD0.990.92761.2133611.621.171.1
PDD1.131.27705.625331.98029.8
DLB1.121.001084.019654.36019.2

Control: nondemented control; PD: Parkinson’s disease; PDD: PD with dementia; DLB: dementia with Lewy bodies; GM: grey matter; WM: white matter; CSF: cerebrospinal fluid.