Overlapping neuroimmune mechanisms and therapeutic targets in neurodegenerative disorders

F De Marchi, I Munitic, L Vidatic, E Papić, V Rački… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Many potential immune therapeutic targets are similarly affected in adult-onset
neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's (AD) disease, Parkinson's disease (PD) …

Antimuscarinic anticholinergic medications in Parkinson disease: to prescribe or deprescribe?

MJ Barrett, L Sargent, H Nawaz… - Movement Disorders …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The relative importance of antimuscarinic anticholinergic medications for Parkinson's
disease (PD) declined after the introduction of levodopa, such that anticholinergic …

The return of the lesion for localization and therapy

J Joutsa, N Lipsman, A Horn, GR Cosgrove, MD Fox - Brain, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Historically, pathological brain lesions provided the foundation for localization of symptoms
and therapeutic lesions were used as a treatment for brain diseases. New medications …

Treatment for cognitive and neuropsychiatric non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease: current evidence and future perspectives

E Mantovani, C Zucchella, AA Argyriou… - Expert Review of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Non-motor symptoms (NMS) affect patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) from
the prodromal to the advanced stages. NMS phenotypes greatly vary and have a huge …

White matter changes in Parkinson's disease

K Yang, Z Wu, J Long, W Li, X Wang, N Hu… - npj Parkinson's …, 2023 - nature.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after
Alzheimer's disease (AD). It is characterized by a progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons …

Artemisinin exerts a protective effect in the MPTP mouse model of Parkinson's disease by inhibiting microglial activation via the TLR4/Myd88/NF‐KB pathway

J Lv, J Zhu, P Wang, T Liu, J Yuan, H Yin… - CNS Neuroscience …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aims We performed cell and animal experiments to explore the therapeutic effect of
artemisinin on Parkinson's disease (PD) and the TLR4/Myd88 signaling pathway. Methods …

Is citicoline effective in preventing and slowing down dementia?—a systematic review and a meta-analysis

M Bonvicini, S Travaglini, D Lelli, R Antonelli Incalzi… - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: Cognitive impairment is a staggering personal and societal burden;
accordingly, there is a strong interest in potential strategies for its prevention and treatment …

Natural products as the potential to improve Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease

SW Kim, JH Lee, B Kim, G Yang, JU Kim - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease are the two most common neurodegenerative
diseases in the world, and their incidence rates are increasing as our society ages. This …

Structural and molecular cholinergic imaging markers of cognitive decline in Parkinson's disease

J Schumacher, P Kanel, M Dyrba, A Storch, NI Bohnen… - Brain, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Cognitive decline in Parkinson's disease is related to cholinergic system degeneration,
which can be assessed in vivo using structural MRI markers of basal forebrain volume and …

Early approaches of YKL-40 as a biomarker and therapeutic target for Parkinson's disease

MM Anwar, MH Fathi - Neurodegenerative Disease Management, 2023 - Future Medicine
Aim: To investigate whether the estimation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and brain YKL-40
levels may be used as an efficient biomarker for Parkinson's disease (PD). Methods …