Prodromal Parkinson disease subtypes—key to understanding heterogeneity

D Berg, P Borghammer, SM Fereshtehnejad… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
In Parkinson disease (PD), pathological processes and neurodegeneration begin long
before the cardinal motor symptoms develop and enable clinical diagnosis. In this prodromal …

Biomarkers of conversion to α-synucleinopathy in isolated rapid-eye-movement sleep behaviour disorder

MG Miglis, CH Adler, E Antelmi, D Arnaldi… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Patients with isolated rapid-eye-movement sleep behaviour disorder (RBD) are commonly
regarded as being in the early stages of a progressive neurodegenerative disease involving …

Detection of α-synuclein in CSF by RT-QuIC in patients with isolated rapid-eye-movement sleep behaviour disorder: a longitudinal observational study

A Iranzo, G Fairfoul, ACN Ayudhaya… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Isolated rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep behaviour disorder (IRBD) can be
part of the prodromal stage of the α-synucleinopathies Parkinson's disease and dementia …

[HTML][HTML] High diagnostic performance of independent alpha-synuclein seed amplification assays for detection of early Parkinson's disease

MJ Russo, CD Orru, L Concha-Marambio… - Acta neuropathologica …, 2021 - Springer
Alpha-synuclein seed amplification assays (αSyn-SAAs) are promising diagnostic tools for
Parkinson's disease (PD) and related synucleinopathies. They enable detection of seeding …

REM sleep behaviour disorder

Y Dauvilliers, CH Schenck, RB Postuma… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2018 - nature.com
Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behaviour disorder (RBD) is a parasomnia that is
characterized by loss of muscle atonia during REM sleep (known as REM sleep without …

Idiopathic REM sleep behaviour disorder and neurodegeneration—an update

B Högl, A Stefani, A Videnovic - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2018 - nature.com
So-called idiopathic rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behaviour disorder (RBD), formerly
seen as a rare parasomnia, is now recognized as the prodromal stage of an α …

Multimodal brain and retinal imaging of dopaminergic degeneration in Parkinson disease

JY Lee, A Martin-Bastida, A Murueta-Goyena… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Parkinson disease (PD) is a progressive disorder characterized by dopaminergic
neurodegeneration in the brain. The development of parkinsonism is preceded by a long …

Motor and non-motor circuit disturbances in early Parkinson disease: which happens first?

J Blesa, G Foffani, B Dehay, E Bezard… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
For the last two decades, pathogenic concepts in Parkinson disease (PD) have revolved
around the toxicity and spread of α-synuclein. Thus, α-synuclein would follow caudo-rostral …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical and imaging evidence of brain-first and body-first Parkinson's disease

J Horsager, K Knudsen, M Sommerauer - Neurobiology of disease, 2022 - Elsevier
Braak's hypothesis has been extremely influential over the last two decades. However,
neuropathological and clinical evidence suggest that the model does not conform to all …

[HTML][HTML] Brain tyrosinase overexpression implicates age-dependent neuromelanin production in Parkinson's disease pathogenesis

I Carballo-Carbajal, A Laguna… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
In Parkinson's disease (PD) there is a selective degeneration of neuromelanin-containing
neurons, especially substantia nigra dopaminergic neurons. In humans, neuromelanin …