On cell loss and selective vulnerability of neuronal populations in Parkinson's disease

N Giguère, S Burke Nanni, LE Trudeau - Frontiers in neurology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Significant advances have been made uncovering the factors that render neurons
vulnerable in Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the critical pathogenic events leading to …

[HTML][HTML] Autonomic dysfunction in Parkinson's disease: Implications for pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment

Z Chen, G Li, J Liu - Neurobiology of disease, 2020 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease with a 200 year-long research
history. Our understanding about its clinical phenotype and pathogenesis remains limited …

Low‐frequency power of heart rate variability is not a measure of cardiac sympathetic tone but may be a measure of modulation of cardiac autonomic outflows by …

DS Goldstein, O Bentho, MY Park… - Experimental …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Power spectral analysis of heart rate variability has often been used to assess cardiac
autonomic function; however, the relationship of low‐frequency (LF) power of heart rate …

Treatment of autonomic dysfunction in Parkinson disease and other synucleinopathies

JA Palma, H Kaufmann - Movement Disorders, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system afflicts most patients with Parkinson disease
and other synucleinopathies such as dementia with Lewy bodies, multiple system atrophy …

Unified staging system for Lewy body disorders: correlation with nigrostriatal degeneration, cognitive impairment and motor dysfunction

TG Beach, CH Adler, LF Lue, LI Sue, J Bachalakuri… - Acta …, 2009 - Springer
The two current major staging systems in use for Lewy body disorders fail to classify up to
50% of subjects. Both systems do not allow for large numbers of subjects who have Lewy …

Biology of Parkinson's disease: pathogenesis and pathophysiology of a multisystem neurodegenerative disorder

GE Alexander - Dialogues in clinical neuroscience, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common movement disorder. The
characteristic motor impairments-bradykinesia, rigidity, and resting tremor-result from …

Norepinephrine deficiency in Parkinson's disease: the case for noradrenergic enhancement

AJ Espay, PA LeWitt, H Kaufmann - Movement Disorders, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The dramatic response of most motor and some nonmotor symptoms to dopaminergic
therapies has contributed to maintaining the long‐established identity of Parkinson's …

Low frequency power of heart rate variability reflects baroreflex function, not cardiac sympathetic innervation

F Rahman, S Pechnik, D Gross, LT Sewell… - Clinical Autonomic …, 2011 - Springer
Background Power spectral analysis of heart rate variability is used to assess cardiac
autonomic function. The relationship of low frequency (LF) power to cardiac sympathetic …

Cardiovascular dysautonomia in Parkinson disease: from pathophysiology to pathogenesis

S Jain, DS Goldstein - Neurobiology of disease, 2012 - Elsevier
Signs or symptoms of impaired autonomic regulation of circulation often attend Parkinson
disease (PD). This review covers biomarkers and mechanisms of autonomic cardiovascular …

Diagnosis of multiple system atrophy

JA Palma, L Norcliffe-Kaufmann, H Kaufmann - Autonomic Neuroscience, 2018 - Elsevier
Multiple system atrophy (MSA) may be difficult to distinguish clinically from other disorders,
particularly in the early stages of the disease. An autonomic-only presentation can be …