Multimodal imaging assessment of nigrostriatal pathway in Parkinson’s disease using 11C-PE2I PET and neuromelanin-sensitive MR
Objective: To evaluate the nigrostratal pathway with multimodal assessment using striatal 11C-PE2I PET and nigral Neuromelanin-sensitive MR in Parkinson's disease. Background: The main pathological features…Deficiency of HGprt in Lesch-Nyhan disease is associated with abnormal dopaminergic neurodevelopment in vivo
Objective: To determine the in vivo effects of hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (HGprt) deficiency on dopaminergic neurodevelopment in a genetic mouse model of Lesch-Nyhan disease (LND).…Diverse effects of alpha-synuclein fibrils on various neuron cell lines, using different buffers
Objective: To investigate the neurotoxic properties of alpha-synuclein (α-Syn) aggregation in different buffers including PBS, SBF and Tris on altered cell lines, SHSY5Y, SK-N-MC and…Generation and characterization of iPSC-derived nigral dopaminergic and pyramidal glutamatergic neurons from patients affected by multiple system atrophy
Objective: The aim of the present study is to generate dopaminergic and pyramidal neurons from iPSCs of MSA patients in order to establish an in…Movement disorders are the common signs as the first neurological deficit in cases with spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2)
Objective: We studied neurological signs in cases with SCA2 for early diagnosis. Background: SCA2 is a classification of hereditary ataxia, however, patients with SCA2 have…Neuronal nicotinamide-N-methyltransferase (NNMT) in Parkinson’s disease
Objective: Understanding the role of NNMT in initiation and progression of Parkinson's disease (PD). Background: 10-15% of all PD cases are caused by genetic factors,…Generation and characterization of midbrain organoids from iPSCs of familial Parkinson’s disease
Objective: To generate and characterize human pluripotent stem cell (iPSCs) - derived midbrain cerebral organoids of patients with Parkinson's disease. Background: Parkinson's disease is a…Sodium butyrate attenuates rotenone-induced neurodegeneration via enhancing autophagy and preventing α-synuclein aggregation
Objective: To investigate whether sodium butyrate (NaB) could enhance autophagy and thus exert a neuroprotective effect through the modulation of α-synuclein in animal models of…Piper longum L. alkaloids inhibit lipopolysaccharide-stimulated microglial activation and protect nigral dopaminergic neurons
Objective: The ethanol-extracted alkaloids from the dry seeds of Piper longum L. (PLL) (family Piperaceae) PLA contain numerous compounds. We evaluate the potential of PLA…Modulation of microglia function in the prion-like spreading of α-synuclein in the murine brain
Objective: We aimed to analyze the influence of two microglia-related pathways on the accumulation of α-synuclein aggregates and neurodegeneration after intracerebral injection of sonicated murine…