Parkinson disease: from pathology to molecular disease mechanisms

DT Dexter, P Jenner - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2013 - Elsevier
Parkinson disease (PD) is a complex neurodegenerative disorder with both motor and
nonmotor symptoms owing to a spreading process of neuronal loss in the brain. At present …

Animal models of Parkinson's disease: a source of novel treatments and clues to the cause of the disease

S Duty, P Jenner - British journal of pharmacology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Animal models of Parkinson's disease (PD) have proved highly effective in the discovery of
novel treatments for motor symptoms of PD and in the search for clues to the underlying …

What genetics tells us about the causes and mechanisms of Parkinson's disease

O Corti, S Lesage, A Brice - Physiological reviews, 2011 - journals.physiology.org
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common motor disorder of mysterious etiology. It is due to the
progressive degeneration of the dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra and is …

The scientific and clinical basis for the treatment of Parkinson disease (2009)

CW Olanow, MB Stern, K Sethi - Neurology, 2009 - AAN Enterprises
Parkinson disease (PD) is an age-related neurodegenerative disorder that affects as many
as 1–2% of persons aged 60 years and older. With the aging of the population, the …

Chaperone-mediated autophagy markers in Parkinson disease brains

L Alvarez-Erviti, MC Rodriguez-Oroz… - Archives of …, 2010 - jamanetwork.com
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Exploring the role of ubiquitin–proteasome system in Parkinson's disease

T Behl, S Kumar, ZM Althafar, A Sehgal, S Singh… - Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Over the last decade, researchers have discovered that a group of apparently unrelated
neurodegenerative disorders, such as Parkinson's disease, have remarkable cellular and …

The proteasome: A key modulator of nervous system function, brain aging, and neurodegenerative disease

K Davidson, AM Pickering - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The proteasome is a large multi-subunit protease responsible for the degradation and
removal of oxidized, misfolded, and polyubiquitinated proteins. The proteasome plays …

Protein degradation pathways in Parkinson's disease: curse or blessing

D Ebrahimi-Fakhari, L Wahlster, PJ McLean - Acta neuropathologica, 2012 - Springer
Protein misfolding, aggregation and deposition are common disease mechanisms in many
neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson's disease (PD). Accumulation of damaged …

Neuronal cell death in neurodegenerative diseases: recurring themes around protein handling

AM Gorman - Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Neuronal cell death plays a role in many chronic neurodegenerative diseases with the loss
of particular subsets of neurons. The loss of the neurons occurs during a period of many …

The 6-hydroxydopamine model: news from the past

F Blandini, MT Armentero, E Martignoni - Parkinsonism & related disorders, 2008 - Elsevier
The investigation of pathogenic and pathophysiological mechanisms of Parkinson's disease
relies on experimental models reproducing, in the animal, the pathological and behavioural …