Loss of dopaminergic nigrostriatal neurons accounts for the motivational and affective deficits in Parkinson's disease

G Drui, S Carnicella, C Carcenac, M Favier… - Molecular …, 2014 - nature.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) involves the degeneration of dopaminergic (DA) neurons in the
substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc) that is thought to cause the classical motor symptoms …

Cognitive dysfunction and depression in Parkinson's disease: what can be learned from rodent models?

HS Lindgren, SB Dunnett - European Journal of Neuroscience, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Parkinson's disease (PD) has for decades been considered a pure motor disorder and its
cardinal motor symptoms have been attributed to the loss of dopaminergic (DAergic) …

[HTML][HTML] Implication of dopamine D3 receptor activation in the reversion of Parkinson's disease-related motivational deficits

S Carnicella, G Drui, S Boulet, C Carcenac… - Translational …, 2014 - nature.com
In addition to the classical motor symptoms, motivational and affective deficits are core
impairments of Parkinson's disease (PD). We recently demonstrated, by lesional …

[HTML][HTML] Neuropsychiatric disorders in Parkinson's disease: what do we know about the role of dopaminergic and non-dopaminergic systems?

K Dujardin, V Sgambato - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Besides the hallmark motor symptoms (rest tremor, hypokinesia, rigidity, and postural
instability), patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) have non-motor symptoms, namely …

The vulnerable ventral tegmental area in Parkinson's disease

SL Alberico, MD Cassell, NS Narayanan - Basal ganglia, 2015 - Elsevier
Introduction The involvement of dopaminergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area (VTA)
in Parkinson's disease (PD) has not been universally recognized by neuroscientists and …

[HTML][HTML] Neurocognitive psychiatric and neuropsychological alterations in Parkinson's disease: a basic and clinical approach

HA González-Usigli, GG Ortiz, C Charles-Niño… - Brain Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The main histopathological hallmarks of Parkinson's disease (PD) are the degeneration of
the dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra pars compacta and the loss of …

Cognitive impairment and dentate gyrus synaptic dysfunction in experimental parkinsonism

A Bonito-Oliva, M Pignatelli, G Spigolon, T Yoshitake… - Biological …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by the progressive degeneration of
the nigrostriatal dopaminergic pathway and the emergence of rigidity, tremor, and …

Lesions of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta and in the ventral tegmental area enhance depressive-like behavior in rats

C Winter, A von Rumohr, A Mundt, D Petrus… - Behavioural brain …, 2007 - Elsevier
Depression is the most common psychiatric complication in Parkinson's disease (PD). The
pathophysiological events leading to PD-associated depression, however, remain largely …

Initial clinical manifestations of Parkinson's disease: features and pathophysiological mechanisms

MC Rodriguez-Oroz, M Jahanshahi, P Krack… - The Lancet …, 2009 - thelancet.com
A dopaminergic deficiency in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) causes abnormalities of
movement, behaviour, learning, and emotions. The main motor features (ie, tremor, rigidity …

Specific needs of dopamine neurons for stimulation in order to survive: implication for Parkinson disease

PP Michel, D Toulorge, S Guerreiro… - The FASEB …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Parkinson disease (PD) is a degenerative brain disorder characterized by motor symptoms
that are unequivocally associated with the loss of dopaminergic (DA) neurons in the …