scholarly journals Erratum to: Substantia nigra in Parkinson’s disease: a multimodal MRI comparison between early and advanced stages of the disease

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 759-759
Author(s):  
Domenico Aquino ◽  
Valeria Contarino ◽  
Alberto Albanese ◽  
Ludovico Minati ◽  
Laura Farina ◽  
...  
2013 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 753-758 ◽  
Author(s):  
Domenico Aquino ◽  
Valeria Contarino ◽  
Alberto Albanese ◽  
Ludovico Minati ◽  
Laura Farina ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarína Tiklová ◽  
Linda Gillberg ◽  
Nikolaos Volakakis ◽  
Hilda Lundén-Miguel ◽  
Lina Dahl ◽  
...  

Analyses of gene expression in cells affected by neurodegenerative disease can provide important insights into disease mechanisms and relevant stress response pathways. Major symptoms in Parkinson’s disease (PD) are caused by the degeneration of midbrain dopamine (mDA) neurons within the substantia nigra. Here we isolated neuromelanin-positive dopamine neurons by laser capture microdissection from post-mortem human substantia nigra samples recovered at both early and advanced stages of PD. Neuromelanin-positive cells were also isolated from individuals with incidental Lewy body disease (ILBD) and from aged-matched controls. Isolated mDA neurons were subjected to genome-wide gene expression analysis by mRNA sequencing. The analysis identified hundreds of dysregulated genes in PD. Results showed that mostly non-overlapping genes were differentially expressed in ILBD, subjects who were early after diagnosis (less than five years) and those autopsied at more advanced stages of disease (over five years since diagnosis). The identity of differentially expressed genes suggested that more resilient, stably surviving DA neurons were enriched in samples from advanced stages of disease, either as a consequence of positive selection of a less vulnerable long-term surviving mDA neuron subtype or due to up-regulation of neuroprotective gene products.


2005 ◽  
Vol 25 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. S392-S392
Author(s):  
Nadja Van Camp ◽  
Koen Van Laere ◽  
Ruth Vreys ◽  
Marleen Verhoye ◽  
Erwin Lauwers ◽  
...  

2008 ◽  
Vol 35 (S 01) ◽  
Author(s):  
C Funke ◽  
A Soehn ◽  
C Schulte ◽  
M Bonin ◽  
C Klein ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (37) ◽  
pp. 4738-4746
Author(s):  
Mohan K. Ghanta ◽  
P. Elango ◽  
Bhaskar L. V. K. S.

Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder of dopaminergic striatal neurons in basal ganglia. Treatment of Parkinson’s disease (PD) through dopamine replacement strategies may provide improvement in early stages and this treatment response is related to dopaminergic neuronal mass which decreases in advanced stages. This treatment failure was revealed by many studies and levodopa treatment became ineffective or toxic in chronic stages of PD. Early diagnosis and neuroprotective agents may be a suitable approach for the treatment of PD. The essentials required for early diagnosis are biomarkers. Characterising the striatal neurons, understanding the status of dopaminergic pathways in different PD stages may reveal the effects of the drugs used in the treatment. This review updates on characterisation of striatal neurons, electrophysiology of dopaminergic pathways in PD, biomarkers of PD, approaches for success of neuroprotective agents in clinical trials. The literature was collected from the articles in database of PubMed, MedLine and other available literature resources.


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