Targeted over-expression with AAV-mediated human α-synuclein in a rat model of Parkinson’s disease – Validation of novel fine motor functional effects
Objective: Targeted over-expression of human α-synuclein using viral-vector mediated gene delivery into the substantia nigra of rats and non-human primates has been reported to lead…Jan Evangelista Purkinje: Contributions to study of anatomy and physiology of movement disorders
Objective: The objective is to retrieve historical articles highlighting Purkinje's research contributions. Background: Purkinje made seminal contributions to our understanding of anatomy and physiology especially…Detecting brainstem changes in Parkinson’s disease using quantitative MRI
Objective: 1. Can brainstem changes be detected using quantitative MRI (qMRI). 2. How many subjects would be required to detecting changes in brainstem regions affected…Gene expression analysis using the Parkinson’s disease map reveals early effects of alpha-synuclein on PD pathogenesis
Objective: The identification of early disease markers for Parkinson's disease (PD) is essential, since the disease is already in an advanced state when motor symptoms…In vivo MRI detection of Parkinson’s disease associated degeneration in the lateral ventral tier of substantia nigra pars compacta
Objective: To test a novel multimodal MRI approach for in vivo assessment of the subregion of substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc) most vulnerable to Parkinson's…Identification of Usp8 as a toxicity modifying deubiquitinase for α-synuclein
Objective: To study whether ubiquitination in Lewy bodies is directly relevant to α-synuclein turnover and Parkinson's pathogenesis. Background: In Parkinson's disease, misfolded α-synuclein accumulates, often…Substantia nigra hyperechogenicity in Mexican patients with Parkinson’s disease
Objective: To determine the prevalence of increased echogenicity in the substantia nigra in patients diagnosed with idiopathic Parkinson's disease at the University Hospital "Dr. José…SOD1 aggregation: A pathological link between Parkinson’s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis?
Objective: To characterize (1) a novel association between superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) aggregation and neuronal loss in the Parkinson's disease (PD) brain and (2) the…AMP kinase regulates ligand-gated K-ATP channels in substantia nigra dopamine neurons
Objective: To characterize the effect of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) on ATP-sensitive K+ (K-ATP) channels on substantia nigra compacta (SNC) dopamine neurons in slices of…Astroglia exert a neuro-protective role in Parkinson’s disease by reducing oxygen stress through dopamine-induced activation of the pentose-phosphate pathway
Objective: Although dopaminergic neurons themselves take up most of the released dopamine (DA), a part of the DA appears to be taken up by astroglia.…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.