Bone tissue and the nervous system: what do they have in common?

A Minoia, L Dalle Carbonare, JC Schwamborn… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Degenerative diseases affecting bone tissues and the brain represent important problems
with high socio-economic impact. Certain bone diseases, such as osteoporosis, are …

α-Synuclein oligomers and fibrils: partners in crime in synucleinopathies

A Bigi, R Cascella, C Cecchi - Neural Regeneration Research, 2023 - journals.lww.com
The misfolding and aggregation of α-synuclein is the general hallmark of a group of
devastating neurodegenerative pathologies referred to as synucleinopathies, such as …

Age and sex differentially shape brain networks in Parkinson's disease

Z Chen, B Wu, G Li, L Zhou, L Zhang… - CNS Neuroscience & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Age and sex are important individual factors modifying the clinical symptoms of
patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Our goal is to evaluate the effects of age and sex on …

Neuromelanin accumulation drives endogenous synucleinopathy in non-human primates

J Chocarro, AJ Rico, G Ariznabarreta, E Roda… - Brain, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Although neuromelanin is a dark pigment characteristic of dopaminergic neurons in the
human substantia nigra pars compacta, its potential role in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's …

Identification of Clec7a as the therapeutic target of rTMS in alleviating Parkinson's disease: targeting neuroinflammation

XY Chen, SN Feng, Y Bao, YX Zhou, F Ba - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2023 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease. Repetitive transcranial magnetic
stimulation (rTMS) is a therapeutic tool in PD. High-throughput sequencing was performed to …

Investigating the potential effects of α-synuclein aggregation on susceptibility to chronic stress in a mouse Parkinson's disease model

A Alwani, K Maziarz, G Burda… - Pharmacological …, 2023 - Springer
Background Parkinson's disease (PD) is a motor disorder characterized by the degeneration
of dopaminergic neurons, putatively due to the accumulation of α-synuclein (α-syn) in Lewy …

Longitudinal changes in mitochondrial DNA Copy Number and telomere length in patients with Parkinson's disease

A Ortega-Vázquez, S Sánchez-Badajos… - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) pathophysiology includes mitochondrial dysfunction,
neuroinflammation, and aging as its biggest risk factors. Mitochondrial DNA copy number …

The absence of gastrointestinal redox dyshomeostasis in the brain-first rat model of Parkinson's disease induced by bilateral intrastriatal 6-hydroxydopamine

J Homolak, M Joja, G Grabaric, E Schiatti, D Virag… - Molecular …, 2024 - Springer
The gut-brain axis plays an important role in Parkinson's disease (PD) by acting as a route
for vagal propagation of aggregated α-synuclein in the gut-first endophenotype and as a …

Neuroinflammation, immune response and α-synuclein pathology: how animal models are helping us to connect dots

T Balzano, N Esteban-García… - Expert Opinion on Drug …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction A key pathological event occurring in Parkinson's disease (PD) is the
transneuronal spreading of alpha-synuclein (α-syn). Other hallmarks of PD include …

Exercise as medicine in Parkinson's disease

M Langeskov-Christensen, E Franzén… - Journal of Neurology …, 2024 - jnnp.bmj.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is an incurable and progressive neurological disorder leading to
deleterious motor and non-motor consequences. Presently, no pharmacological agents can …