nervous system
• numerous apoptotic cells are observed in the amygdala
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• neurons in the brain appear abnormal upon post-mortem; many are vacuolized, or contain clear cytoplasm around compacted and densely stained nuclei, and are usually found on the boundary of the granule layer and hilus of dentate gyrus and throughout granule layer of dentate gyrus
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• degenerating neurons are present in thalamus and posterior cingulate cortex, caudate putamen, hypothalamus and CA1 and CA2 region of pyramidal layer of hippocampus
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cellular
• numerous apoptotic cells are observed in the amygdala
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