α-Synuclein misfolding and aggregation: Implications in Parkinson's disease pathogenesis

S Mehra, S Sahay, SK Maji - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Proteins …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract α-Synuclein (α-Syn) has been extensively studied for its structural and biophysical
properties owing to its pathophysiological role in Parkinson's disease (PD). Lewy bodies …

Meta‐analysis of early nonmotor features and risk factors for Parkinson disease

AJ Noyce, JP Bestwick, L Silveira‐Moriyama… - Annals of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: To evaluate the association between diagnosis of Parkinson disease (PD) and
risk factors or early symptoms amenable to population‐based screening. Methods: A …

Metabolomics of sebum reveals lipid dysregulation in Parkinson's disease

E Sinclair, DK Trivedi, D Sarkar, C Walton-Doyle… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder, which is
characterised by degeneration of distinct neuronal populations, including dopaminergic …

Identifying prodromal Parkinson's disease: pre‐motor disorders in Parkinson's disease

RB Postuma, D Aarsland, P Barone… - Movement …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing recognition that Parkinson's disease (PD) may start outside of the substantia
nigra has led to a rapidly expanding effort to define prodromal stages of PD, before motor …

Parkinson's disease: genetics and pathogenesis

JM Shulman, PL De Jager… - Annual Review of …, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Recent investigation into the mechanisms of Parkinson's disease (PD) has generated
remarkable insight while simultaneously challenging traditional conceptual frameworks …

Missing pieces in the Parkinson's disease puzzle

JA Obeso, MC Rodriguez-Oroz, CG Goetz, C Marin… - Nature medicine, 2010 - nature.com
Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative process characterized by numerous motor and
nonmotor clinical manifestations for which effective, mechanism-based treatments remain …

A timeline for Parkinson's disease

CH Hawkes, K Del Tredici, H Braak - Parkinsonism & related disorders, 2010 - Elsevier
It is reasonably well established that prior to the motor phase of classical Parkinson's
disease (PD) there is a prodromal period of several years duration. Once typical motor …

The threshold theory for Parkinson's disease

S Engelender, O Isacson - Trends in neurosciences, 2017 - cell.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is recognized by the accumulation of α-synuclein within neurons.
In contrast to the current ascending theory where α-synuclein would propagate from neuron …

Depression and subsequent risk of Parkinson disease: a nationwide cohort study

H Gustafsson, A Nordström, P Nordström - Neurology, 2015 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To investigate the long-term risk of Parkinson disease (PD) after depression and
evaluate potential confounding by shared susceptibility to the 2 diagnoses. Methods: The …

Physical activity and risk of Parkinson's disease in the Swedish National March Cohort

F Yang, Y Trolle Lagerros, R Bellocco, HO Adami… - Brain, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Physical exercise has been associated with neuroprotective effects in the nigrostriatal
dopaminergic system. To examine the impact of physical activity on Parkinson's disease risk …