Cholinergic system changes in Parkinson's disease: emerging therapeutic approaches

NI Bohnen, AJ Yarnall, RS Weil, E Moro… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
In patients with Parkinson's disease, heterogeneous cholinergic system changes can occur
in different brain regions. These changes correlate with a range of clinical features, both …

Cognitive decline in Parkinson disease

D Aarsland, B Creese, M Politis… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Dementia is a frequent problem encountered in advanced stages of Parkinson disease (PD).
In recent years, research has focused on the pre-dementia stages of cognitive impairment in …

Past, present, and future of Parkinson's disease: A special essay on the 200th Anniversary of the Shaking Palsy

JA Obeso, M Stamelou, CG Goetz, W Poewe… - Movement …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This article reviews and summarizes 200 years of Parkinson's disease. It comprises a
relevant history of Dr. James Parkinson's himself and what he described accurately and …

Reimagining cholinergic therapy for Alzheimer's disease

E Giacobini, AC Cuello, A Fisher - Brain, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Currently, enhancement of cholinergic neurotransmission via cholinesterase inhibitors
represents the main available approach to treat cognitive and behavioural symptoms of the …

Parkinson's disease dementia: a neural networks perspective

J Gratwicke, M Jahanshahi, T Foltynie - Brain, 2015 - academic.oup.com
In the long-term, with progression of the illness, Parkinson's disease dementia affects up to
90% of patients with Parkinson's disease. With increasing life expectancy in western …

[HTML][HTML] The glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP) receptor as a therapeutic target in Parkinson's disease: mechanisms of action

D Athauda, T Foltynie - Drug discovery today, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•GLP-1 analogs can cross the blood–brain barrier and stimulate the GLP-1
receptor in the brain.•Stimulation of the GLP-1 receptor has shown effects on mitochondrial …

Nucleus basalis of Meynert revisited: anatomy, history and differential involvement in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease

AKL Liu, RCC Chang, RKB Pearce… - Acta neuropathologica, 2015 - Springer
It has been well established that neuronal loss within the cholinergic nucleus basalis of
Meynert (nbM) correlates with cognitive decline in dementing disorders such as Alzheimer's …

Neuropsychological and clinical heterogeneity of cognitive impairment and dementia in patients with Parkinson's disease

AA Kehagia, RA Barker, TW Robbins - The Lancet Neurology, 2010 - thelancet.com
Cognitive impairment in patients with Parkinson's disease is gaining increased clinical
significance owing to the relative success of therapeutic approaches to the motor symptoms …

Cognition deficits in Parkinson's disease: mechanisms and treatment

C Fang, L Lv, S Mao, H Dong, B Liu - Parkinson's disease, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common progressive neurodegenerative
disorder mainly in middle‐elderly population, which represents diverse nonmotor symptoms …

Clinical diagnostic criteria for dementia associated with Parkinson's disease

M Emre, D Aarsland, R Brown, DJ Burn… - … : official journal of the …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Dementia has been increasingly more recognized to be a common feature in patients with
Parkinson's disease (PD), especially in old age. Specific criteria for the clinical diagnosis of …