The contribution of age-related changes in the gut-brain axis to neurological disorders

R Khan, CM Di Gesù, J Lee, LD McCullough - Gut microbes, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Trillions of microbes live symbiotically in the host, specifically in mucosal tissues such as the
gut. Recent advances in metagenomics and metabolomics have revealed that the gut …

Buty and the beast: the complex role of butyrate in Parkinson's disease

JD Elford, N Becht, J Garssen, AD Kraneveld… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a complex neurodegenerative disease which is often associated
with gastrointestinal (GI) dysfunction. The GI tract is home to a wide range of …

Metagenomics of the gut microbiome in Parkinson's disease: prodromal changes

N Palacios, J Wilkinson, K Bjornevik… - Annals of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Prior studies on the gut microbiome in Parkinson's disease (PD) have yielded
conflicting results, and few studies have focused on prodromal (premotor) PD or used …

Fecal microbiota transplantation for treatment of Parkinson disease: a randomized clinical trial

F Scheperjans, R Levo, B Bosch, M Lääperi… - JAMA …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Dysbiosis has been robustly demonstrated in Parkinson disease (PD), and fecal
microbiota transplantation (FMT) has shown promising effects in preclinical PD models …

Microbial biomarker discovery in Parkinson's disease through a network-based approach

Z Zhao, J Chen, D Zhao, B Chen, Q Wang, Y Li… - npj Parkinson's …, 2024 - nature.com
Associations between the gut microbiota and Parkinson's disease (PD) have been widely
investigated. However, the replicable biomarkers for PD diagnosis across multiple …

Randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled pilot study: efficacy of faecal microbiota transplantation on chronic fatigue syndrome

T Salonen, E Jokinen, R Satokari… - Journal of Translational …, 2023 - Springer
Background Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a disabling illness of unknown aetiology.
Disruption of gut microbiota may play a role in several neurological disorders. In this study …

[HTML][HTML] Nigrostriatal 6-hydroxydopamine lesions increase alpha-synuclein levels and permeability in rat colon

H Cui, JD Elford, O Alitalo, P Perez-Pardo, J Tampio… - Neurobiology of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Increasing evidence suggests that the gut–brain axis plays a crucial role in Parkinson's
disease (PD). The abnormal accumulation of aggregated alpha-synuclein (aSyn) in the …

α-Synuclein expression in response to bacterial ligands and metabolites in gut enteroendocrine cells: an in vitro proof of concept study

MJ Hurley, E Menozzi, S Koletsi, R Bates… - Brain …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Caudo-rostral migration of pathological forms of α-synuclein from the gut to the brain is
proposed as an early feature in Parkinson's disease pathogenesis, but the underlying …

Overexpression of human alpha-Synuclein leads to dysregulated microbiome/metabolites with ageing in a rat model of Parkinson disease

Y Singh, C Trautwein, J Romani, MS Salker… - Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
Background Braak's hypothesis states that sporadic Parkinson's disease (PD) follows a
specific progression of pathology from the peripheral to the central nervous system, and this …