… degeneration of dopamine neurons in the central nervous system (CNS). It is now well established that PD lesions … to the biopsies of 10 control patients and 5 patients with multiple system atrophy (a parkinsonian syndrome which is a common …

… Study Rationale: Multiple candidate Parkinson’s disease (PD) biomarkers have … validated. Using a targeted mass spectrometry platform, a multiplexed assay (experimental set-up) will be developed to …

… has been proposed that abnormalities in the enteric nervous system, a semi-independent network of nerves lining the … Project Description: We will examine the enteric nervous system in postmortem tissue samples from patients with PD … fluctuations), for modeling Parkinson’s in experimental systems (cells or animals), and for understanding the …

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… Objective:  The Systemic Synuclein Sampling Study (S4) measured α-synuclein in multiple tissues and biofluids within the same patients with …