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Gallery of Histological Sections
Prepared by
ROY ELLIS
IMVS Division of Pathology
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Woodville Road, Woodville, South Australia 5011
Email: roy.ellis@imvs.sa.gov.au
Section of Brain from a case of Alzheimer's disease, stained by
immunoperoxidase for ßA4
Result: Amyloid ß-protein is found in the
amyloid core of senile plaques. ßA4 is the principal
proteinaceous component of the amyloid deposit in Alzheimer's
disease - the protein is visualised as a brown deposit
© Roy C. Ellis 2004