[HTML][HTML] The emerging role of nutrition in Parkinson's disease

SE Seidl, JA Santiago, H Bilyk… - Frontiers in aging …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Typically, Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most prevalent neurodegenerative
disease in ageing individuals. It is now clear that genetic susceptibility and environmental …

[HTML][HTML] MHC-I expression renders catecholaminergic neurons susceptible to T-cell-mediated degeneration

C Cebrián, FA Zucca, P Mauri, JA Steinbeck… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Subsets of rodent neurons are reported to express major histocompatibility complex class I
(MHC-I), but such expression has not been reported in normal adult human neurons. Here …

Causes and consequences of degeneration of the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve in Parkinson's disease

JG Greene - Antioxidants & redox signaling, 2014 - liebertpub.com
Significance: Parkinson's disease (PD) is no longer considered merely a movement disorder
caused by degeneration of dopamine neurons in the midbrain. It is now recognized as a …

Mutant α-synuclein enhances firing frequencies in dopamine substantia nigra neurons by oxidative impairment of A-type potassium channels

M Subramaniam, D Althof, S Gispert… - Journal of …, 2014 - Soc Neuroscience
Parkinson disease (PD) is an α-synucleinopathy resulting in the preferential loss of highly
vulnerable dopamine (DA) substantia nigra (SN) neurons. Mutations (eg, A53T) in the α …

A Drosophila model of mitochondrial disease caused by a complex I mutation that uncouples proton pumping from electron transfer

JL Burman, LS Itsara, EB Kayser… - Disease models & …, 2014 - journals.biologists.com
Mutations affecting mitochondrial complex I, a multi-subunit assembly that couples electron
transfer to proton pumping, are the most frequent cause of heritable mitochondrial diseases …

Molecular mechanisms of dopaminergic subset specification: fundamental aspects and clinical perspectives

JV Veenvliet, MP Smidt - Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2014 - Springer
Dopaminergic (DA) neurons in the ventral mesodiencephalon control locomotion and
emotion and are affected in psychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases, such as …

Knockdown of STIM1 inhibits 6-hydroxydopamine-induced oxidative stress through attenuating calcium-dependent ER stress and mitochondrial dysfunction in …

B Li, L Xiao, ZY Wang, PS Zheng - Free radical research, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Stromal interaction molecule (STIM) proteins are parts of elaborate eukaryotic Ca2+
signaling systems and are considered to be important players in regulating neuronal Ca2+ …

Nifedipine and nimodipine protect dopaminergic substantia nigra neurons against axotomy-induced cell death in rat vibrosections via modulating inflammatory …

N Daschil, C Humpel - Brain research, 2014 - Elsevier
Neurodegeneration of cholinergic and dopaminergic neurons is a major hallmark in
Alzheimer׳ s or Parkinson׳ s disease, respectively. A dysregulation in calcium homeostasis …

Selective increase of in vivo firing frequencies in DA SN neurons after proteasome inhibition in the ventral midbrain

M Subramaniam, B Kern, S Vogel… - European Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The impairment of protein degradation via the ubiquitin‐proteasome system (UPS) is
present in sporadic Parkinson's disease (PD), and might play a key role in selective …

In vitro dopaminergic neurotoxicity of pesticides: a link with neurodegeneration?

HJ Heusinkveld, M van den Berg… - Veterinary …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Around the globe, chemical compounds are used to treat or repel pests and plagues that
pose a threat to food and feed production. From epidemiological studies, it is known that …