Parkinson's disease: Mechanisms, translational models and management strategies

C Raza, R Anjum - Life sciences, 2019 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder. The classical motor
symptoms include resting tremors, bradykinesia, rigidity and postural instability and are …

[HTML][HTML] Neuropathological evidence of body-first vs. brain-first Lewy body disease

P Borghammer, J Horsager, K Andersen… - Neurobiology of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Aggregation of alpha-synuclein into inclusion bodies, termed Lewy pathology, is a defining
feature of Parkinson's disease (PD) and Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). In the majority of …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence for bidirectional and trans-synaptic parasympathetic and sympathetic propagation of alpha-synuclein in rats

N Van Den Berge, N Ferreira, H Gram… - Acta …, 2019 - Springer
The conversion of endogenous alpha-synuclein (asyn) to pathological asyn-enriched
aggregates is a hallmark of Parkinson's disease (PD). These inclusions can be detected in …

Vagotomy and subsequent risk of P arkinson's disease

E Svensson, E Horváth‐Puhó, RW Thomsen… - Annals of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Parkinson's disease (PD) may be caused by an enteric neurotropic pathogen
entering the brain through the vagal nerve, a process that may take over 20 years. We …

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 …

Neuropathological staging of brain pathology in sporadic Parkinson's disease: separating the wheat from the chaff

H Braak, K Del Tredici - Journal of Parkinson's disease, 2017 - content.iospress.com
A relatively small number of especially susceptible nerve cell types within multiple
neurotransmitter systems of the human central, peripheral, and enteric nervous systems …

[HTML][HTML] The function of α-synuclein

JT Bendor, TP Logan, RH Edwards - Neuron, 2013 - cell.com
Human genetics has indicated a causal role for the protein α-synuclein in the pathogenesis
of familial Parkinson's disease (PD), and the aggregation of synuclein in essentially all …

The brain-first vs. body-first model of Parkinson's disease with comparison to alternative models

P Borghammer - Journal of Neural Transmission, 2023 - Springer
The ultimate origin of Lewy body disorders, including Parkinson's disease (PD) and
Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), is still incompletely understood. Although a large number …

Neuron-astrocyte interactions in Parkinson's disease

I Miyazaki, M Asanuma - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease. PD
patients exhibit motor symptoms such as akinesia/bradykinesia, tremor, rigidity, and postural …