Current understanding of the molecular mechanisms in Parkinson's disease: Targets for potential treatments

P Maiti, J Manna, GL Dunbar - Translational neurodegeneration, 2017 - Springer
Gradual degeneration and loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra, pars
compacta and subsequent reduction of dopamine levels in striatum are associated with …

Impact of multiple pathologies on the threshold for clinically overt dementia

A Kapasi, C DeCarli, JA Schneider - Acta neuropathologica, 2017 - Springer
Longitudinal clinical–pathological studies have increasingly recognized the importance of
mixed pathologies (the coexistence of one or more neurodegenerative and cerebrovascular …

Propagative α-synuclein seeds as serum biomarkers for synucleinopathies

A Okuzumi, T Hatano, G Matsumoto, S Nojiri, S Ueno… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Abnormal α-synuclein aggregation is a key pathological feature of a group of
neurodegenerative diseases known as synucleinopathies, which include Parkinson's …

A clinicopathological approach to the diagnosis of dementia

FM Elahi, BL Miller - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2017 - nature.com
The most definitive classification systems for dementia are based on the underlying
pathology which, in turn, is categorized largely according to the observed accumulation of …

Are dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson's disease dementia the same disease?

KA Jellinger, AD Korczyn - BMC medicine, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Parkinson's disease dementia
(PDD), which share many clinical, neurochemical, and morphological features, have been …

Dementia with Lewy bodies: an update and outlook

TF Outeiro, DJ Koss, D Erskine, L Walker… - Molecular …, 2019 - Springer
Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is an age-associated neurodegenerative disorder
producing progressive cognitive decline that interferes with normal life and daily activities …

Diagnostic value of plasma p-tau181, NfL, and GFAP in a clinical setting cohort of prevalent neurodegenerative dementias

S Baiardi, C Quadalti, A Mammana, S Dellavalle… - Alzheimer's research & …, 2022 - Springer
Background Increasing evidence supports the use of plasma biomarkers of
neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation to screen and diagnose patients with dementia …

Interactions of pathological proteins in neurodegenerative diseases

TL Spires-Jones, J Attems, DR Thal - Acta neuropathologica, 2017 - Springer
Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), frontotemporal lobar
degeneration (FTD), Lewy body disease (LBD), Parkinson's disease (PD), and amyotrophic …

Development of a biochemical diagnosis of Parkinson disease by detection of α-synuclein misfolded aggregates in cerebrospinal fluid

M Shahnawaz, T Tokuda, M Waragai, N Mendez… - JAMA …, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Parkinson disease (PD) is a highly prevalent and incurable neurodegenerative
disease associated with the accumulation of misfolded α-synuclein (αSyn) aggregates. An …

Dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson's disease-dementia: current concepts and controversies

KA Jellinger - Journal of neural transmission, 2018 - Springer
Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Parkinson's disease-dementia (PDD), although
sharing many clinical, neurochemical and morphological features, according to DSM-5, are …