Motor and non-motor circuit disturbances in early Parkinson disease: which happens first?

J Blesa, G Foffani, B Dehay, E Bezard… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
For the last two decades, pathogenic concepts in Parkinson disease (PD) have revolved
around the toxicity and spread of α-synuclein. Thus, α-synuclein would follow caudo-rostral …

[HTML][HTML] Depletion of dopamine in Parkinson's disease and relevant therapeutic options: A review of the literature

S Ramesh, ASPM Arachchige - AIMS neuroscience, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that affects motor and
cognition functions. The etiology of Parkinson's disease remains largely unknown, but …

Striatal blood–brain barrier opening in Parkinson's disease dementia: a pilot exploratory study

JA Pineda‐Pardo, C Gasca‐Salas… - Movement …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Parkinson's disease (PD) exhibits a high prevalence of dementia as disease
severity and duration progress. Focused ultrasound (FUS) has been applied for transient …

Calbindin and Girk2/Aldh1a1 define resilient vs vulnerable dopaminergic neurons in a primate Parkinson's disease model

NLG Del Rey, N Hernández-Pinedo, M Carrillo… - npj Parkinson's …, 2024 - nature.com
The differential vulnerability of dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra pars compacta
(SNc) is a critical and unresolved question in Parkinson´ s disease. Studies in mice show …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular heterogeneity in the substantia nigra: A roadmap for understanding PD motor pathophysiology

Z Gaertner, M Azcorra, DA Dombeck… - Neurobiology of …, 2022 - Elsevier
As the ability to capture single-cell expression profiles has grown in recent years,
neuroscientists studying a wide gamut of brain regions have discovered remarkable …

Asymmetric dopaminergic dysfunction in brain-first versus body-first Parkinson's disease subtypes

K Knudsen, TD Fedorova, J Horsager… - Journal of …, 2021 - content.iospress.com
Background: We have hypothesized that Parkinson's disease (PD) comprises two subtypes.
Brain-first, where pathogenic α-synuclein initially forms unilaterally in one hemisphere …

Onset pattern of nigrostriatal denervation in early Parkinson's disease

JA Pineda-Pardo, Á Sánchez-Ferro, MHG Monje… - Brain, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The striatal dopaminergic deficit in Parkinson's disease exhibits a typical pattern, extending
from the caudal and dorsal putamen at onset to its more rostral region as the disease …

Remote evaluation of Parkinson's disease using a conventional webcam and artificial intelligence

MHG Monje, S Domínguez, J Vera-Olmos… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Objective: This study aimed to prove the concept of a new optical video-based system to
measure Parkinson's disease (PD) remotely using an accessible standard webcam …

An interpretable deep learning optimized wearable daily detection system for Parkinson's disease

M Chen, Z Sun, T **n, Y Chen… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Walking detection in the daily life of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) is of great
significance for tracking the progress of the disease. This study aims to implement an …

Dopamine neuron activity encodes the length of upcoming contralateral movement sequences

MD Mendonca, JA da Silva, LF Hernandez, I Castela… - Current Biology, 2024 - cell.com
Dopaminergic neurons (DANs) in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc) have been
related to movement speed, and loss of these neurons leads to bradykinesia in Parkinson's …