Alpha-synuclein research: defining strategic moves in the battle against Parkinson's disease

LMA Oliveira, T Gasser, R Edwards… - npj Parkinson's …, 2021 - nature.com
With the advent of the genetic era in Parkinson's disease (PD) research in 1997, α-synuclein
was identified as an important player in a complex neurodegenerative disease that affects> …

Alpha-synuclein PET tracer development—an overview about current efforts

Š Korat, NSR Bidesi, F Bonanno, A Di Nanni… - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease (PD) are manifested by inclusion
bodies of alpha-synuclein (α-syn) also called α-synucleinopathies. Detection of these …

The role of neuroimaging in Parkinson's disease

NSR Bidesi, I Vang Andersen… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects millions of people
worldwide. Two hallmarks of PD are the accumulation of alpha‐synuclein and the loss of …

A closer look at amyloid ligands, and what they tell us about protein aggregates

TS Chisholm, CA Hunter - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The accumulation of amyloid fibrils is characteristic of neurodegenerative diseases such as
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease. Detecting these fibrils with fluorescent or …

[11C]MODAG-001—towards a PET tracer targeting α-synuclein aggregates

L Kuebler, S Buss, A Leonov, S Ryazanov… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose Deposition of misfolded alpha-synuclein (αSYN) aggregates in the human brain is
one of the major hallmarks of synucleinopathies. However, a target-specific tracer to detect …

α‐Synuclein Radiotracer Development and In Vivo Imaging: Recent Advancements and New Perspectives

OM Alzghool, G van Dongen… - Movement …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT α‐Synucleinopathies including idiopathic Parkinson's disease, dementia with
Lewy bodies and multiple systems atrophy share overlapping symptoms and pathological …

Intermediates of α-synuclein aggregation: Implications in Parkinson's disease pathogenesis

L Gadhe, A Sakunthala, S Mukherjee, N Gahlot… - Biophysical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cytoplasmic deposition of aberrantly misfolded α-synuclein (α-Syn) is a common feature of
synucleinopathies, including Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the precise pathogenic …

Radiolabelling small and biomolecules for tracking and monitoring

MR Edelmann - RSC advances, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Radiolabelling small molecules with beta-emitters has been intensively explored in the last
decades and novel concepts for the introduction of radionuclides continue to be reported …

Dementia with Lewy bodies: association of Alzheimer pathology with functional connectivity networks

J Schumacher, JL Gunter, SA Przybelski, DT Jones… - Brain, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is neuropathologically defined by the presence of α-
synuclein aggregates, but many DLB cases show concurrent Alzheimer's disease pathology …

α-Synuclein in Parkinson's disease and advances in detection

R Chen, X Gu, X Wang - Clinica chimica acta, 2022 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a threatening neurodegenerative disorder that seriously affects
patients' life quality. Substantial evidence links the overexpression and abnormal …