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Gut microbiome alterations in fecal samples of treatment-naïve de novo Parkinson’s disease patients

Gut microbiota alterations in Parkinson’s disease (PD) have been found in several studies and are suggested to contribute to the pathogenesis of PD. However, previous results could not be adequately adjusted for a potential confounding effect of PD medication and disease duration, as almost all PD participants were already using dopaminergic medication and were included […]

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Deciphering the prion-like behavior of pathogenic protein aggregates in neurodegenerative diseases

Neurodegenerative diseases are hitherto classified based on their core clinical features, the anatomical distribution of neurodegeneration, and the cell populations mainly affected. On the other hand, the wealth of neuropathological, genetic, molecular and biochemical studies have identified the existence of distinct insoluble protein aggregates in the affected brain regions. These findings have spread the use of a

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A metabolic biomarker predicts Parkinson’s disease at the early stages in patients and animal models

Care management of Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients currently remains symptomatic, mainly because diagnosis relying on the expression of the cardinal motor symptoms is made too late. Earlier detection of PD therefore represents a key step for developing therapies able to delay or slow down its progression. From our translational study, which included 3 animal models

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Exercise training increase brain-derived neurotrophic factor and irisin level in healthy young adults in
Basra city

Regular treadmill exercise is more efficient than voluntary in neuroprotection by changing brain metabolism, at the moment, regulartreadmill exercise has been observed to improve many physiological impacts in humans and animals. The present study sought to verifythe effect of regular treadmill exercise on brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and irisin in healthy adult’s men in Basra

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Basra city
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Characteristics of gut microbiome, organic acid profiles and viral antibody indexes of
healthy Japanese with live Lacticaseibacillus detected in stool

To estimate the health-promoting effects of Lacticaseibacillus paracasei (previously Lactobacillus casei) strainShirota (LcS) that reached the lower gastrointestinal tract alive, we investigated the characteristics of gut microbiome,organic acid profiles, defecatory symptoms and serum viral antibody indexes of healthy Japanese adults between thegroup in whom live LcS was detected or not from stool. The β-diversity index

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healthy Japanese with live Lacticaseibacillus detected in stool
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Plasma Metabolite Signature Classifies Male LRRK2 Parkinson’s Disease Patients

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease, causing loss of motor and nonmotor function. Diagnosis is based on clinical symptoms that do not develop until late in the disease progression, at which point the majority of the patients’ dopaminergic neurons are already destroyed. While many PD cases are idiopathic, hereditable genetic risks have been

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Heterogeneous digital biomarker integration out-performs patient self-reports in predicting Parkinson’s disease

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is one of the first diseases where digital biomarkers demonstrated excellent performance in differentiating disease from healthy individuals. However, no study has systematically compared and leveraged multiple types of digital biomarkers to predict PD. Particularly, machine learning works on the fine-motor skills of PD are limited. Here, we developed deep learning methods

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Increased Transferrin Sialylation Predicts Phenoconversion in
Isolated REM Sleep Behavior Disorder

Sialic acid–protein interactions are involved in regulating central nervous systemimmunity; therefore, derangements in sialylation could beinvolved in neurodegeneration. Decreased serum CDTadj is associatedwith substantia nigra degeneration in synucleinopathies.iRBD patients with low CDTadj are more likely tophenoconvert to manifest disease. CLICK TO REVIEW

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Role of gut microbiota in regulating gastrointestinal dysfunction and motor symptoms in a mouse model of Parkinson’s disease

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder characterized primarily by motor and non-motor gastrointestinal (GI) deficits. GI symptoms’ including compromised intestinal barrier function often accompanies altered gut microbiota composition and motor deficits in PD. Therefore, in this study, we set to investigate the role of gut microbiota and epithelial barrier dysfunction on motor symptom

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Calycosin Alleviates Paraquat-Induced Neurodegeneration by Improving Mitochondrial Functions and Regulating Autophagy in a Drosophila Model of Parkinson’s Disease

first_pagesettingsOpen AccessArticle Calycosin Alleviates Paraquat-Induced Neurodegeneration by Improving Mitochondrial Functions and Regulating Autophagy in a Drosophila Model of Parkinson’s Disease by Hitesh Singh Chaouhan 1,†,Xin Li 1,†,Kuo-Ting Sun 2,3,†,I-Kuan Wang 4,5,Tung-Min Yu 6,7,Shao-Hua Yu 8,Kuen-Bao Chen 9,*,Wei-Yong Lin 10,11,12,* andChi-Yuan Li 1,9,*1Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan2Department of Pediatric Dentistry, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung 40402, Taiwan3School of Dentistry, China Medical University, Taichung

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