Amyloid oligomers: A joint experimental/computational perspective on Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, type II diabetes, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

PH Nguyen, A Ramamoorthy, BR Sahoo… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Protein misfolding and aggregation is observed in many amyloidogenic diseases affecting
either the central nervous system or a variety of peripheral tissues. Structural and dynamic …

Neuropathology and molecular diagnosis of Synucleinopathies

S Koga, H Sekiya, N Kondru, OA Ross… - Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
Synucleinopathies are clinically and pathologically heterogeneous disorders characterized
by pathologic aggregates of α-synuclein in neurons and glia, in the form of Lewy bodies …

The genetic architecture of Parkinson's disease

C Blauwendraat, MA Nalls, AB Singleton - The Lancet Neurology, 2020 - thelancet.com
Parkinson's disease is a complex neurodegenerative disorder for which both rare and
common genetic variants contribute to disease risk, onset, and progression. Mutations in …

Parkinson's disease genetics and pathophysiology

GE Vázquez-Vélez, HY Zoghbi - Annual review of neuroscience, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder characterized by
degeneration of the substantia nigra pars compacta and by accumulation of α-synuclein in …

LRRK2 in Parkinson disease: challenges of clinical trials

E Tolosa, M Vila, C Klein, O Rascol - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2020 - nature.com
One of the most common monogenic forms of Parkinson disease (PD) is caused by
mutations in the LRRK2 gene that encodes leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2). LRRK2 …

Parkinson's disease: etiology, neuropathology, and pathogenesis

A Kouli, KM Torsney, WL Kuan - Exon Publications, 2018 - exonpublications.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder. While a number of
nonmotor manifestations arise, the typical clinical features involve a movement disorder …

Genetics of Parkinson's disease: an introspection of its journey towards precision medicine

S Bandres-Ciga, M Diez-Fairen, JJ Kim… - Neurobiology of …, 2020 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT A substantial proportion of risk for Parkinson's disease (PD) is driven by
genetics. Progress in understanding the genetic basis of PD has been significant. So far …

Heart-brain connections: Phenotypic and genetic insights from magnetic resonance images

B Zhao, T Li, Z Fan, Y Yang, J Shu, X Yang, X Wang… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Cardiovascular health interacts with cognitive and mental health in complex ways, yet little is
known about the phenotypic and genetic links of heart-brain systems. We quantified heart …

Clinical neurology and epidemiology of the major neurodegenerative diseases

MG Erkkinen, MO Kim… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2018 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Neurodegenerative diseases are a common cause of morbidity and cognitive impairment in
older adults. Most clinicians who care for the elderly are not trained to diagnose these …

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 …