An 80-year-old woman wanders away from a nursing home and dies in a pedestrian-motor vehicle accident. A silverstained section of her brain at autopsy reveals numerous lesions in the cerebral cortex...

An 80-year-old woman wanders away from a nursing home and dies in a pedestrian-motor vehicle accident. A silverstained section of her brain at autopsy reveals numerous lesions in the cerebral cortex (shown in the image). Which of the following terms best describes these pathologic findings?

(A) Granulovacuolar degeneration

(B) Lewy bodies

(C) Neuritic plaques

(D) Neurofibrillary tangles

(E) Spongiform encephalopathy