Increased Neurofibrillary Tangles in the Brains of Older Pedestrians Killed in Traffic Accidents | Zendy

Catherine A. Gorrie | Zendy; Michael Rodriguez | Zendy; Perminder S. Sachdev | Zendy; Johan Duflou | Zendy; P.M.E. Waite | Zendy

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Increased Neurofibrillary Tangles in the Brains of Older Pedestrians Killed in Traffic Accidents

Author(s) -

Catherine A. Gorrie,

Michael Rodriguez,

Perminder S. Sachdev,

Johan Duflou,

P.M.E. Waite

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.026

H-Index - 110

eISSN - 1421-9824

pISSN - 1420-8008

DOI - 10.1159/000093066

Subject(s) - dementia , senile plaques , vascular dementia , dementia with lewy bodies , psychology , alzheimer's disease , neuropathology , medicine , disease , pathology , psychiatry

Older people are over-represented in pedestrian fatalities, and it has been suggested that the presence of cognitive impairment or dementia in these individuals may contribute to their accidents. Using neuropathological methods, we aimed to compare the prevalence of dementia pathology in fatally injured older pedestrians with similarly aged ambulatory subjects who died from other causes.

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