Lewy body
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Reference
Wakabayashi, K., Tanji, K., Mori, F., & Takahashi, H. (2007). The Lewy body in Parkinson's disease: Molecules implicated in the formation and degradation of α‐synuclein aggregates. Neuropathology, 27(5), 494-506.
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The presence of fibrillar aggregates called Lewy bodies (LBs) which is the histological hallmark of Parkinson's disease. LB formation has been considered to be a marker for neuronal degeneration, because neuronal loss is found in the predilection sites for LBs.