Parkinson's disease

BR Bloem, MS Okun, C Klein - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Parkinson's disease is a recognisable clinical syndrome with a range of causes and clinical
presentations. Parkinson's disease represents a fast-growing neurodegenerative condition; …

Parkinson's disease: etiopathogenesis and treatment

J Jankovic, EK Tan - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 2020 - jnnp.bmj.com
The concept of 'idiopathic'Parkinson's disease (PD) as a single entity has been challenged
with the identification of several clinical subtypes, pathogenic genes and putative causative …

Applications of focused ultrasound in the brain: from thermoablation to drug delivery

Y Meng, K Hynynen, N Lipsman - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2021 - nature.com
Focused ultrasound (FUS) is a disruptive medical technology, and its implementation in the
clinic represents the culmination of decades of research. Lying at the convergence of …

The future of stem cell therapies for Parkinson disease

M Parmar, S Grealish, C Henchcliffe - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2020 - nature.com
Cell-replacement therapies have long been an attractive prospect for treating Parkinson
disease. However, the outcomes of fetal tissue-derived cell transplants in individuals with …

Initiation and propagation of α-synuclein aggregation in the nervous system

BA Hijaz, LA Volpicelli-Daley - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2020 - Springer
The two main pathological hallmarks of Parkinson's disease are loss of dopamine neurons
in the substantia nigra pars compacta and proteinaceous amyloid fibrils composed mostly of …

Nano-enhanced drug delivery and therapeutic ultrasound for cancer treatment and beyond

P Tharkar, R Varanasi, WSF Wong, CT Jin… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
While ultrasound is most widely known for its use in diagnostic imaging, the energy carried
by ultrasound waves can be utilized to influence cell function and drug delivery …

Randomized trial of focused ultrasound subthalamotomy for Parkinson's disease

R Martínez-Fernández, JU Máñez-Miró… - … England Journal of …, 2020 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The subthalamic nucleus is the preferred neurosurgical target for deep-brain
stimulation to treat cardinal motor features of Parkinson's disease. Focused ultrasound is an …

Transcranial pulse stimulation with ultrasound in Alzheimer's disease—a new navigated focal brain therapy

R Beisteiner, E Matt, C Fan, H Baldysiak… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Ultrasound‐based brain stimulation techniques may become a powerful new technique to
modulate the human brain in a focal and targeted manner. However, for clinical brain …

Advances in Parkinson's disease: 200 years later

NLG Del Rey, A Quiroga-Varela, E Garbayo… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
When James Parkinson described the classical symptoms of the disease he could hardly
foresee the evolution of our understanding over the next two hundred years. Nowadays …

Medical and surgical management of advanced Parkinson's disease

A Antonini, E Moro, C Godeiro… - Movement …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Advanced Parkinson's disease is characterized by the presence of motor fluctuations,
various degree of dyskinesia, and disability with functional impact on activities of daily living …