February 2021

Neuroprotective potential of cinnamon and its metabolites in Parkinson’s disease: Mechanistic insights, limitations, and novel therapeutic opportunities

 In addition, in vitro and in vivo studies have shown that cinnamon extracts may affect the oligomerization process and aggregation of α‐synuclein. Herein, we discuss recent evidence on the novel therapeutic opportunities of this phytochemical against PD, indicating additional mechanistic aspects that should be explored, and potential obstacles/limitations that need to be overcome, for its

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Use of Shotgun Metagenomics and Metabolomics to Evaluate the Impact of Glyphosate or Roundup MON 52276 on the Gut Microbiota and Serum Metabolome of Sprague-Dawley Rats

In conclusion, the present study demonstrates the power of using multi-omics molecular profiling to reveal changes in the gut microbiome and serum biochemistry following exposure to chemical pollutants that would otherwise be missed using more standard, less comprehensive analytical methods. Employing this approach allowed us to identify glyphosate effects on the rat gut microbiota, namely

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Towards subgroup-specific risk estimates: A meta-analysis of longitudinal studies on olfactory dysfunction and risk of Parkinson’s disease.

The presence of olfactory dysfunction conveys a considerably elevated risk of incident PD, likely more in studies with a higher proportion of women, older individuals or short follow-up duration. Individual patient data are warranted to confirm these findings and to yield subgroup-specific risk estimates of other common markers to refine prodromal PD criteria. CLICK TO

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Intermittent Fasting Alleviates Cognitive Impairments and Hippocampal Neuronal Loss but Enhances Astrocytosis in Mice with Subcortical Vascular Dementia

The improvements in SVaD-IF mice suggest that IF could be a potential nonpharmacological remedy for SVaD. This finding could stimulate future investigations on IF’s neuroprotective potential across many neurovascular diseases. CLICK TO REVIEW

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The human olfactory system in two proteinopathies: Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases

Connectomic approaches reveal a number of hubs in the olfactory system (anterior olfactory nucleus, olfactory entorhinal cortex and cortical amygdala) that are key interconnectors with the main hubs (the entorhinal–hippocampal–cortical and amygdala–dorsal motor vagal nucleus) of network dysfunction in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. CLICK TO REVIEW

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Benefits under the Sea: The Role of Marine Compounds in Neurodegenerative Disorders

This review will focus on the most promising marine drugs’ neuro-protective potential for neuro-degenerative disorders, such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases. We will describe these marine compounds’ potential as adjuvant therapies for neuro-degenerative diseases, based on their antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-apoptotic properties. CLICK TO REVIEW

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Gut Microbiota and Metabolome Alterations Associated with Parkinson’s Disease

The most significant changes within the Parkinson’s disease group highlighted a reduction in bacterial taxa, which are linked to anti-inflammatory/neu-roprotective effects, particularly in the Lachnospiraceae family and key members,such as Butyrivibrio, Pseudobutyrivibrio, Coprococcus, andBlautia. The direct evalua-tion of fecal metabolites revealed changes in several classes of metabolites. Changeswere seen in lipids (linoleic acid, oleic acid,

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Interrelationship between Gut microbiota and Parkinson’s disease

There is a bidirectional communication between the brain and the gut called “gutmicrobiota-brain axis (GMBA)” and its dysfunction causes numerous diseases. This review focuses on theinter-relationship between the gut microbiome and the Parkinson’s disease.(4) (PDF) Interrelationship between Gut microbiota and Parkinson’s disease. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/346456083_Interrelationship_between_Gut_microbiota_and_Parkinson’s_disease [accessed Jan 31 2021].

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