Cognitive decline in Parkinson disease

D Aarsland, B Creese, M Politis… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Dementia is a frequent problem encountered in advanced stages of Parkinson disease (PD).
In recent years, research has focused on the pre-dementia stages of cognitive impairment in …

GBA Variants and Parkinson Disease: Mechanisms and Treatments

L Smith, AHV Schapira - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
The GBA gene encodes for the lysosomal enzyme glucocerebrosidase (GCase), which
maintains glycosphingolipid homeostasis. Approximately 5–15% of PD patients have …

The future of stem cell therapies for Parkinson disease

M Parmar, S Grealish, C Henchcliffe - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2020 - nature.com
Cell-replacement therapies have long been an attractive prospect for treating Parkinson
disease. However, the outcomes of fetal tissue-derived cell transplants in individuals with …

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

KA Jellinger, AD Korczyn - Advances in Surgical and Medical …, 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
The clinical features of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Parkinson's disease dementia
(PDD) are similar and include dementia, cognitive fluctuations, and (visual) hallucinations in …

Visual dysfunction in Parkinson's disease

RS Weil, AE Schrag, JD Warren, SJ Crutch, AJ Lees… - Brain, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Patients with Parkinson's disease have a number of specific visual disturbances. These
include changes in colour vision and contrast sensitivity and difficulties with complex visual …

Survival and dementia in GBA‐associated Parkinson's disease: The mutation matters

R Cilia, S Tunesi, G Marotta, E Cereda… - Annals of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The objective of this work was to investigate survival, dementia, and genotype‐
phenotype correlations in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) with and without mutations …

Cognitive impairment in patients with Parkinson's disease: diagnosis, biomarkers, and treatment

P Svenningsson, E Westman, C Ballard… - The Lancet …, 2012 - thelancet.com
Dementia is one of the most common and important aspects of Parkinson's disease and has
consequences for patients and caregivers, and has health-related costs. Mild cognitive …

Glucocerebrosidase activity in Parkinson's disease with and without GBA mutations

RN Alcalay, OA Levy, CH Waters, S Fahn, B Ford… - Brain, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Glucocerebrosidase (GBA) mutations have been associated with Parkinson's disease in
numerous studies. However, it is unknown whether the increased risk of Parkinson's disease …

Identification and rescue of α-synuclein toxicity in Parkinson patient–derived neurons

CY Chung, V Khurana, PK Auluck, DF Tardiff… - Science, 2013 - science.org
The induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell field holds promise for in vitro disease modeling.
However, identifying innate cellular pathologies, particularly for age-related …

Parkinson Disease and Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation: Cognitive Effects in GBA Mutation Carriers

G Pal, G Mangone, EJ Hill, B Ouyang, Y Liu… - Annals of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This study was undertaken to compare the rate of change in cognition between
glucocerebrosidase (GBA) mutation carriers and noncarriers with and without subthalamic …