Table 1 Human OFB cases used in this study.

From: α-synuclein inclusions are abundant in non-neuronal cells in the anterior olfactory nucleus of the Parkinson’s disease olfactory bulb

Normal cases

Case number

Age

Sex

Post-mortem delay (hours)

Cause of death

 

OFB51

85

M

20

Carbon monoxide poisoning

 

OFB55

56

M

35

Myocardial infarction

 

OFB57

63

F

36

Effects of diabetes

 

OFB58

60

M

36

Asphyxia

 

OFB59

67

M

20

Complication of surgery

 

H190

72

F

19

Myocardial infarction

 

H240

73

M

26.5

Ruptured aneurysm

 

H243

77

F

13

Ischaemic heart disease

 

H245

63

M

20

Asphyxia

 

H246

89

M

17

Myocardial infarction

 

H250

93

F

19

Pneumonia

 

Average

73 (Range: 56–93)

7:4 (M:F)

24 (Range: 13–36)

  

Parkinson’s disease cases

Case number

Age

Sex

Post-mortem delay (hours)

Cause of death

Duration of PD (years)

PD52

84

M

5

Myocardial infarction

12

PD53

79

F

25

Renal failure

9

PD54

78

M

6

Aspiration pneumonia

19

PD56

74

M

10.5

End stage Lewy body disease

12

PD58

82

F

18

—

15

PD63

91

F

5

Parkinson’s disease

22

PD65

67

M

2.25

Parkinson’s disease

9

PD66

73

M

17.5

Aspiration pneumonia

22

PD67

65

M

17

Pneumonia

12

PD77

76

F

6.5

Abdominal carcinoma

23

PD79

77

M

6.5

End stage Lewy body disease

22

Average

77 (Range: 65–84)

7:4 (M:F)

11 (Range: 5–25)

 

16 (Range: 9–23)

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