Advances in understanding the function of alpha-synuclein: Implications for Parkinson's disease

P Calabresi, G Di Lazzaro, G Marino, F Campanelli… - Brain, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The critical role of alpha-synuclein in Parkinson's disease represents a pivotal discovery.
Some progress has been made over recent years in identifying disease-modifying therapies …

Anxiety in synucleinopathies: neuronal circuitry, underlying pathomechanisms and current therapeutic strategies

TT Lai, B Gericke, M Feja, M Conoscenti… - npj Parkinson's …, 2023 - nature.com
Synucleinopathies are neurodegenerative disorders characterized by alpha-synuclein
(αSyn) accumulation in neurons or glial cells, including Parkinson's disease (PD), dementia …

An astrocyte BMAL1-BAG3 axis protects against alpha-synuclein and tau pathology

PW Sheehan, CJ Nadarajah, MF Kanan, JN Patterson… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
The circadian clock protein BMAL1 modulates glial activation and amyloid-beta deposition
in mice. However, the effects of BMAL1 on other aspects of neurodegenerative pathology …

Dopamine-dependent early synaptic and motor dysfunctions induced by α-synuclein in the nigrostriatal circuit

A Tozzi, M Sciaccaluga, V Loffredo, A Megaro… - Brain, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Misfolding and aggregation of α-synuclein are specific features of Parkinson's disease and
other neurodegenerative diseases defined as synucleinopathies. Parkinson's disease …

Decreased AQP4 expression aggravates ɑ-synuclein pathology in Parkinson's disease mice, possibly via impaired glymphatic clearance

H Cui, W Wang, X Zheng, D Xia, H Liu, C Qin… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
The pathological hallmarks of Parkinson's disease (PD), a neurodegenerative disorder, are
the selective loss of dopamine neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc) and …

Multiple system atrophy-associated oligodendroglial protein p25α stimulates formation of novel α-synuclein strain with enhanced neurodegenerative potential

N Ferreira, H Gram, ZA Sorrentino, E Gregersen… - Acta …, 2021 - Springer
Pathology consisting of intracellular aggregates of alpha-Synuclein (α-Syn) spread through
the nervous system in a variety of neurodegenerative disorders including Parkinson's …

Molecular mechanisms underlying synaptic and axon degeneration in Parkinson's disease

NZ Gcwensa, DL Russell, RM Cowell… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that impairs
movement as well as causing multiple other symptoms such as autonomic dysfunction, rapid …

[HTML][HTML] PET imaging reveals early and progressive dopaminergic deficits after intra-striatal injection of preformed alpha-synuclein fibrils in rats

MB Thomsen, SA Ferreira, AC Schacht… - Neurobiology of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Alpha-synuclein (a-syn) can aggregate and form toxic oligomers and insoluble
fibrils which are the main component of Lewy bodies. Intra-neuronal Lewy bodies are a …

Linking α-synuclein-induced synaptopathy and neural network dysfunction in early Parkinson's disease

AS Kulkarni, MR Burns, P Brundin… - Brain …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The prodromal phase of Parkinson's disease is characterized by aggregation of the
misfolded pathogenic protein α-synuclein in select neural centres, co-occurring with non …

The role of α-synuclein in the regulation of serotonin system: physiological and pathological features

L Miquel-Rio, U Sarriés-Serrano, R Pavia-Collado… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
In patients affected by Parkinson's disease (PD), up to 50% of them experience cognitive
changes, and psychiatric disturbances, such as anxiety and depression, often precede the …