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Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments

This cluster of papers explores the pathophysiology, clinical features, diagnosis, genetic risk factors, and management of Parkinson's disease. It delves into the role of a-synuclein, neurodegeneration, dopaminergic neurons, oxidative stress, and mitochondrial dysfunction in the development and progression of the disease. Additionally, it discusses the non-motor symptoms and Lewy body pathology associated with Parkinson's disease.

127,408 works

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Most cited

  1. Staging of brain pathology related to sporadic Parkinson’s disease

    Heiko Braak, Kelly Del Tredici, Udo Rüb, Rob A. I. de Vos · 2002 · Neurobiology of Aging · 10,907 citations

  2. Accuracy of clinical diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease: a clinico-pathological study of 100 cases.

    Andrew Hughes, S. E. Daniel, Linda Kilford, Andrew J. Lees · 1992 · Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry · 10,488 citations

  3. α-Synuclein in Lewy bodies

    Maria Grazia Spillantini, Marie L. Schmidt, Virginia M.‐Y. Lee, John Q. Trojanowski · 1997 · Nature · 8,470 citations

  4. Mutation in the α-Synuclein Gene Identified in Families with Parkinson's Disease

    Mihael H. Polymeropoulos, Christian Lavedan, Elisabeth Leroy, Susan Ide · 1997 · Science · 8,292 citations

  5. Movement Disorder Society‐sponsored revision of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS‐UPDRS): Scale presentation and clinimetric testing results

    Christopher G. Goetz, Barbara C. Tilley, Stephanie R. Shaftman, Glenn T. Stebbins · 2008 · Movement Disorders · 7,712 citations

  6. MDS clinical diagnostic criteria for Parkinson's disease

    Ronald B. Postuma, Daniela Berg, Matthew Stern, Werner Poewe · 2015 · Movement Disorders · 7,656 citations

Most recent

  1. Phenomic characterization of C. elegans orthologs of Parkinson's disease-associated genes

    Joseph Liang · 2028 · Open Collections · 0 citations

  2. Dual effect of α-synuclein disease variants on condensate formation

    Aswathy Chandran, Aishwarya Agarwal, Tianhao Wang, Leslie Amaral · 2026 · Nature Communications · 1 citations

  3. High frequency of LRRK2 p.Gly2019Ser in Moroccan Parkinson’s disease: RFLP as a reliable genotyping approach

    Sanae El Bardai, Ghita Aboulem, Youssef Ahmadi, Lamyae Errazouki · 2026 · Neurogenetics · 0 citations

  4. Shared Metabolic–Proteinopathy Axis in Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's Disease: Evidence for a Convergent but Not Identical Disease Spectrum

    Shun-yu Yao, Miao‐qiao Du, Li-Yan Lin, Xu‐hui Kang · 2026 · Aging Medicine · 0 citations

  5. Transcriptome Sequencing Reveals Molecular Characteristics of Spinal Cord Degeneration in MPTP-Induced Parkinson’s Disease Mice

    Linglong Xiao, Yaping Wu, Xiaojia Huang, Hao Deng · 2026 · Biology · 0 citations

  6. Cognitive and motor profiles in biologically defined Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease

    Daniel Zarhin, Noa Bregman, Tamara Shiner, Anat Mirelman · 2026 · Journal of Parkinson s Disease · 0 citations

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