Genetics and pathogenesis of Parkinson's syndrome

H Ye, LA Robak, M Yu, M Cykowski… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Parkinson's disease (PD) is clinically, pathologically, and genetically heterogeneous,
resisting distillation to a single, cohesive disorder. Instead, each affected individual develops …

Challenges in the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease

E Tolosa, A Garrido, SW Scholz, W Poewe - The Lancet Neurology, 2021 - thelancet.com
Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease and its
prevalence has been projected to double over the next 30 years. An accurate diagnosis of …

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 …

Prodromal Parkinson disease subtypes—key to understanding heterogeneity

D Berg, P Borghammer, SM Fereshtehnejad… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
In Parkinson disease (PD), pathological processes and neurodegeneration begin long
before the cardinal motor symptoms develop and enable clinical diagnosis. In this prodromal …

Gastrointestinal involvement in Parkinson's disease: pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management

T Warnecke, KH Schäfer, I Claus, K Del Tredici… - npj Parkinson's …, 2022 - nature.com
Growing evidence suggests an increasing significance for the extent of gastrointestinal tract
(GIT) dysfunction in Parkinson's disease (PD). Most patients suffer from GIT symptoms …

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 …

Detection of α-synuclein in CSF by RT-QuIC in patients with isolated rapid-eye-movement sleep behaviour disorder: a longitudinal observational study

A Iranzo, G Fairfoul, ACN Ayudhaya… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Isolated rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep behaviour disorder (IRBD) can be
part of the prodromal stage of the α-synucleinopathies Parkinson's disease and dementia …

Brain-first versus gut-first Parkinson's disease: a hypothesis

P Borghammer… - Journal of Parkinson's …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a highly heterogeneous disorder, which probably consists of
multiple subtypes. Aggregation of misfolded alpha-synuclein and propagation of these …

Diagnostic value of cerebrospinal fluid alpha-synuclein seed quantification in synucleinopathies

I Poggiolini, V Gupta, M Lawton, S Lee, A El-Turabi… - Brain, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Several studies have confirmed the α-synuclein real-time quaking-induced conversion (RT-
QuIC) assay to have high sensitivity and specificity for Parkinson's disease. However …

REM sleep behaviour disorder

Y Dauvilliers, CH Schenck, RB Postuma… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2018 - nature.com
Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behaviour disorder (RBD) is a parasomnia that is
characterized by loss of muscle atonia during REM sleep (known as REM sleep without …