Biomarkers of conversion to α-synucleinopathy in isolated rapid-eye-movement sleep behaviour disorder

MG Miglis, CH Adler, E Antelmi, D Arnaldi… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Patients with isolated rapid-eye-movement sleep behaviour disorder (RBD) are commonly
regarded as being in the early stages of a progressive neurodegenerative disease involving …

Non-motor features of Parkinson disease

AHV Schapira, KR Chaudhuri, P Jenner - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Many of the motor symptoms of Parkinson disease (PD) can be preceded, sometimes for
several years, by non-motor symptoms that include hyposmia, sleep disorders, depression …

[HTML][HTML] Metagenomics of Parkinson's disease implicates the gut microbiome in multiple disease mechanisms

ZD Wallen, A Demirkan, G Twa, G Cohen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) may start in the gut and spread to the brain. To investigate the role
of gut microbiome, we conducted a large-scale study, at high taxonomic resolution, using …

Risk and predictors of dementia and parkinsonism in idiopathic REM sleep behaviour disorder: a multicentre study

RB Postuma, A Iranzo, M Hu, B Högl, BF Boeve… - Brain, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Idiopathic REM sleep behaviour disorder (iRBD) is a powerful early sign of Parkinson's
disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, and multiple system atrophy. This provides an …

[HTML][HTML] The genetics of Parkinson's disease and implications for clinical practice

JO Day, S Mullin - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
The genetic landscape of Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterised by rare high penetrance
pathogenic variants causing familial disease, genetic risk factor variants driving PD risk in a …

REM sleep behaviour disorder

Y Dauvilliers, CH Schenck, RB Postuma… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2018 - nature.com
Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behaviour disorder (RBD) is a parasomnia that is
characterized by loss of muscle atonia during REM sleep (known as REM sleep without …

Diagnostic value of cerebrospinal fluid alpha-synuclein seed quantification in synucleinopathies

I Poggiolini, V Gupta, M Lawton, S Lee, A El-Turabi… - Brain, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Several studies have confirmed the α-synuclein real-time quaking-induced conversion (RT-
QuIC) assay to have high sensitivity and specificity for Parkinson's disease. However …

Evolution of prodromal Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies: a prospective study

SM Fereshtehnejad, C Yao, A Pelletier, JY Montplaisir… - Brain, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Parkinson's disease has a long prodromal stage with various subclinical motor and non-
motor manifestations; however, their evolution in the years before Parkinson's disease is …

Idiopathic REM sleep behaviour disorder and neurodegeneration—an update

B Högl, A Stefani, A Videnovic - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2018 - nature.com
So-called idiopathic rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behaviour disorder (RBD), formerly
seen as a rare parasomnia, is now recognized as the prodromal stage of an α …

MDS research criteria for prodromal Parkinson's disease

D Berg, RB Postuma, CH Adler, BR Bloem… - Movement …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This article describes research criteria and probability methodology for the diagnosis of
prodromal PD. Prodromal disease refers to the stage wherein early symptoms or signs of PD …