Mitochondrial dysfunction in Parkinson's disease–a key disease hallmark with therapeutic potential

MT Henrich, WH Oertel, DJ Surmeier… - Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
Mitochondrial dysfunction is strongly implicated in the etiology of idiopathic and genetic
Parkinson's disease (PD). However, strategies aimed at ameliorating mitochondrial …

Precision drug delivery to the central nervous system using engineered nanoparticles

J Gao, Z **a, S Gunasekar, C Jiang, JM Karp… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Development of novel therapies for central nervous system (CNS) disorders has
experienced a high failure rate in clinical trials owing to unsatisfactory efficacy and adverse …

Spatial transcriptomics reveals molecular dysfunction associated with cortical Lewy pathology

TM Goralski, L Meyerdirk, L Breton, L Brasseur… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
A key hallmark of Parkinson's disease (PD) is Lewy pathology. Composed of α-synuclein,
Lewy pathology is found both in dopaminergic neurons that modulate motor function, and …

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 …

Parkinson's disease: etiopathogenesis and treatment

J Jankovic, EK Tan - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 2020 - jnnp.bmj.com
The concept of 'idiopathic'Parkinson's disease (PD) as a single entity has been challenged
with the identification of several clinical subtypes, pathogenic genes and putative causative …

Molecular profiling of human substantia nigra identifies diverse neuron types associated with vulnerability in Parkinson's disease

Q Wang, M Wang, I Choi, L Sarrafha, M Liang, L Ho… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized pathologically by the loss of dopaminergic (DA)
neurons in the substantia nigra (SN). Whether cell types beyond DA neurons in the SN show …

PINK1 and Parkin mitochondrial quality control: a source of regional vulnerability in Parkinson's disease

P Ge, VL Dawson, TM Dawson - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2020 - Springer
That certain cell types in the central nervous system are more likely to undergo
neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease is a widely appreciated but poorly understood …

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 …

Animal models of Parkinson's disease: Bridging the gap between disease hallmarks and research questions

A Dovonou, C Bolduc, V Soto Linan, C Gora… - Translational …, 2023 - Springer
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by
motor and non-motor symptoms. More than 200 years after its first clinical description, PD …

The α-Synuclein Origin and Connectome Model (SOC Model) of Parkinson's Disease: Explaining Motor Asymmetry, Non-Motor Phenotypes, and Cognitive Decline

P Borghammer - Journal of Parkinson's Disease, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
A new model of Parkinson's disease (PD) pathogenesis is proposed, the α-Synuclein Origin
site and Connectome (SOC) model, incorporating two aspects of α-synuclein pathobiology …