The Effect of Modulating Alpha-synuclein Aggregation on Clinical Outcome in the Presence of Standard-of-care Dopaminergic Therapy in Parkinson’s Disease. A Quantitative Systems Pharmacology Approach.
Objective: Understanding the biological link between alpha-synuclein biomarker changes and clinical outcome using computer simulation. Background: A number of disease modifying therapeutic interventions focused on…Role of RNA splicing in Parkinson’s disease
Objective: To identify key molecular perturbations affecting medium spiny neuron functions and their role in the clinical symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (PD). Background: The degeneration…Exploring the Therapeutic Potential of Microglial Modulation in Parkinson’s Disease: A Study on Structural Synaptic Plasticity
Objective: We aim to explore the role of glial cells in Parkinson's disease and assess whether modulating microgliafunction could offer therapeutic benefits. Specifically, we investigate…Tissue-Engineered Nigrostriatal Pathways: An Anatomically-Inspired Model of Synucleinopathy in Human Neurons
Objective: The objectives of this study were (1) to create a human cell-based three-dimensional neural network that recapitulates the discrete somatic and axonal compartments of…Non-apoptotic caspase-3 activation mediates early synaptic dysfunction of indirect pathway neurons in the parkinsonian striatum
Objective: We set out to investigate whether caspase-3 plays a role in the loss of dendritic spines and the concomitant synaptic deficits that develop in…MPTP-induced structural reorganization of neurons in mice Basal Ganglia: Verifying the sequelae of differential toxicity
Objective: To evaluate the changes in the neuronal arborization of the medium spiny neurons of striatum & substantia nigra neurons, in response to MPTP in…Development of novel treatment strategies for SGCE dystonia using patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs)
Objective: What are the underlying pathological mechanisms of myoclonus dystonia (DYT-SGCE)? Background: Myoclonus dystonia (DYT-SGCE, DYT11) is a combined dystonia characterized by alcohol-sensitive myoclonic-like appearance…Bioengineered nigrostriatal constructs model Lewy pathology
Objective: To better understand Parkinson’s disease (PD) pathophysiology and enhance therapeutic development by bioengineering an in vitro nigrostriatal system that mimics the complex architecture of…Changes in GABAergic transmission of striatal neurons in presymptomatic Huntington’s Disease
Objective: To determine whether parameters of synaptic and extrasynaptic GABAergic inhibition of striatal projection neurons are altered in presymptomatic BACHD mice. Background: One attractive early…Safinamide ameliorates motor deficits and plastic alterations before the onset of L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia in a rat model of Parkinson’s disease
Objective: To investigate the effects of safinamide (saf) on synaptic plasticity of spiny projection neurons (SPNs) and the antiparkinsonian effect in dopamine (DA) denervated rats…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.