The α-synuclein origin and connectome model (SOC Model) of Parkinson's disease: explaining motor asymmetry, non-motor phenotypes, and cognitive decline

P Borghammer - Journal of Parkinson's disease, 2021 - content.iospress.com
A new model of Parkinson's disease (PD) pathogenesis is proposed, the α-Synuclein Origin
site and Connectome (SOC) model, incorporating two aspects of α-synuclein pathobiology …

[HTML][HTML] Animal models of brain-first and body-first Parkinson's disease

N Van Den Berge, A Ulusoy - Neurobiology of disease, 2022 - Elsevier
Alpha-synuclein aggregates are the hallmark pathology of Parkinson's disease, which can
propagate in a stereotypical pattern along the brain-body axis. Parkinson's disease patients …

Brain-first versus body-first Parkinson's disease: a multimodal imaging case-control study

J Horsager, KB Andersen, K Knudsen, C Skjærbæk… - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Parkinson's disease is characterized by the presence of abnormal, intraneuronal α-
synuclein aggregates, which may propagate from cell-to-cell in a prion-like manner …

CSF-derived extracellular vesicles from patients with Parkinson's disease induce symptoms and pathology

S Herman, R Djaldetti, B Mollenhauer, D Offen - Brain, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Parkinson's disease is characterized by the gradual appearance of intraneuronal inclusions
that are primarily composed of misfolded α-synuclein protein, leading to cytotoxicity and …

Structural and functional insights into α-synuclein fibril polymorphism

S Mehra, L Gadhe, R Bera, AS Sawner, SK Maji - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Abnormal accumulation of aggregated α-synuclein (α-Syn) is seen in a variety of
neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's disease (PD), multiple system atrophy …

Brain regions susceptible to alpha-synuclein spreading

YJ Guo, H Xiong, K Chen, JJ Zou, P Lei - Molecular psychiatry, 2022 - nature.com
The spreading of misfolded alpha-synuclein (α-syn) protein has been observed in animal
models of Parkinson's disease (PD) and other α-synucleinopathies that mimic human PD …

Differentially targeted seeding reveals unique pathological alpha-synuclein propagation patterns

S Rahayel, B Mišić, YQ Zheng, ZQ Liu, A Abdelgawad… - Brain, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Parkinson's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the
intracellular accumulation of insoluble alpha-synuclein aggregates into Lewy bodies and …

A phase II study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of prasinezumab in early Parkinson's disease (PASADENA): rationale, design, and baseline data

G Pagano, FG Boess, KI Taylor, B Ricci… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Currently available treatments for Parkinson's disease (PD) do not slow clinical
progression nor target alpha-synuclein, a key protein associated with the disease. Objective …

[HTML][HTML] PET imaging reveals early and progressive dopaminergic deficits after intra-striatal injection of preformed alpha-synuclein fibrils in rats

MB Thomsen, SA Ferreira, AC Schacht… - Neurobiology of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Alpha-synuclein (a-syn) can aggregate and form toxic oligomers and insoluble
fibrils which are the main component of Lewy bodies. Intra-neuronal Lewy bodies are a …

Treadmill exercise reduces α-synuclein spreading via PPARα

D Dutta, RK Paidi, S Raha, A Roy, S Chandra, K Pahan - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
This study underlines the importance of treadmill exercise in reducing α-synuclein (α-syn)
spreading in the A53T brain and protecting nigral dopaminergic neurons. Preformed α-syn …