Tau in the pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease

L Pan, L Meng, M He, Z Zhang - Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 2021 - Springer
The pathological hallmarks of Parkinson's disease (PD) are the progressive loss of
dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra and the formation of Lewy bodies (LBs) in …

Much more than a cytoskeletal protein: physiological and pathological functions of the non-microtubule binding region of tau

R Brandt, NI Trushina, L Bakota - Frontiers in Neurology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Tau protein (MAPT) is classified as a microtubule-associated protein (MAP) and is believed
to regulate the axonal microtubule arrangement. It belongs to the tau/MAP2/MAP4 family of …

[HTML][HTML] Animal models of Alzheimer's disease: Current strategies and new directions

Q Wang, BT Zhu, P Lei - Zoological Research, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Animal models constructed using pathogenic factors have significantly advanced drug
development for Alzheimer's disease (AD). These predominantly transgenic models, mainly …

Update on the association between alpha‐synuclein and tau with mitochondrial dysfunction: Implications for Parkinson's disease

ST Feng, ZZ Wang, YH Yuan, HM Sun… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The critical role of mitochondrial dysfunction in the pathological mechanisms of
neurodegenerative disorders, particularly Parkinson's disease (PD), is well established …

How well do rodent models of Parkinson's disease recapitulate early non-motor phenotypes? A systematic review

TD Zhang, SC Kolbe, LC Beauchamp, EK Woodbridge… - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
The prodromal phase of Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterised by many non-motor
symptoms, and these have recently been posited to be predictive of later diagnosis. Genetic …

[HTML][HTML] ATH434 rescues pre-motor hyposmia in a mouse model of parkinsonism

LC Beauchamp, XM Liu, LJ Vella, PA Adlard, AI Bush… - …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hyposmia is a prevalent prodromal feature of Parkinson's disease (PD), though the
neuropathology that underlies this symptom is poorly understood. Unlike the substantia …

Retinal hyperspectral imaging in mouse models of Parkinson's disease and healthy aging

P Trlin, J Gong, KKN Tran, VHY Wong, PY Lee… - Scientific reports, 2024 - nature.com
Retinal hyperspectral imaging (HSI) is a non-invasive in vivo approach that has shown
promise in Alzheimer's disease. Parkinson's disease is another neurodegenerative disease …

Longitudinal decline in DAT binding in Parkinson's disease: connections with sleep disturbances

J Ren, H Xie, Y Weng, Y Ge, R Yao, Z Jiang, J Zhang… - BMC medicine, 2024 - Springer
Background The nigrostriatal dopamine (DA) system plays a critical role in regulating the
sleep–wake state. The relationship between baseline striatal DA transporter (DAT) specific …

Decreased orexin receptor 1 mRNA expression in the locus Coeruleus in both tau transgenic rTg4510 and tau knockout mice and accompanying ascending arousal …

RJ Keenan, S Oberrauch, R Bron… - Journal of …, 2021 - content.iospress.com
Background: Sleep/wake disturbances (eg, insomnia and sleep fragmentation) are common
in neurodegenerative disorders, especially Alzheimer's disease (AD) and frontotemporal …

Olfactory Dysfunction and Glaucoma

V Iannucci, A Bruscolini, G Iannella, G Visioli, L Alisi… - Biomedicines, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background: Olfactory dysfunction is a well-known phenomenon in neurological diseases
with anosmia and hyposmia serving as clinical or preclinical indicators of Alzheimer's …