In the United States we have an abundance of water. The country has 4.5 percent of the worldâs population yet almost 8 percent of its freshwater resources. It is home to the largest freshwater lake system in the world, the Great Lakes, which holds 6 quadrillion gallons of water (thatâs a 6 followed by 15 zeros). And the mighty Mississippi River flows at 4.5 million gallons per second at its mouth in New Orleans, supplying water to about 15 million people.
Lewy bodies are abnormal aggregates of protein that develop inside nerve cells in Parkinson's disease (PD), Lewy body dementia, and some other disorders. They are identified under the microscope when histology is performed on the brain. Lewy bodies appear as spherical masses that displace other cell components.
The Basics of Lewy Body Dementia. LBD is a disease associated with abnormal deposits of a protein called alpha-synuclein in the brain. These deposits, called Lewy bodies, affect chemicals in the brain whose changes, in turn, can lead to problems with thinking, movement, behavior, and mood.