Research in motion: the enigma of Parkinson's disease pathology spread.
Författare
Summary, in English
Neuropathological changes in Parkinson's disease progress slowly and spread according to a characteristic pattern. Recent papers have shed light on this progression of pathology by examining the fate of neurons grafted into the brains of patients with Parkinson's disease. Two of these studies demonstrate that grafted healthy neurons can gradually develop the same pathology as host neurons in the diseased brains. According to these studies, implanted neurons developed alpha-synuclein- and ubiquitin-positive Lewy bodies more than a decade after transplantation. We discuss the possible underlying mechanisms and their implications for how pathology spreads in Parkinson's disease.
Avdelning/ar
- Institutionen för experimentell medicinsk vetenskap
- Neural plasticitet och reparation
- Neurogenesis and cell therapy
- Neurologi, Lund
Publiceringsår
2008
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
741-745
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Volym
9
Issue
10
Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Nature Publishing Group
Ämne
- Neurosciences
Status
Published
Forskningsgrupp
- Neural Plasticity and Repair
- Neurogenesis and cell therapy
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1471-003X