Clinical and dopaminergic imaging characteristics of the FARPRESTO cohort of trial-ready idiopathic rapid eye movement sleep behavior patients [PDF]
Introduction: Idiopathic/isolated rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) is considered the prodromal stage of alpha-synucleinopathies. Thus, iRBD patients are the ideal target for disease-modifying therapy. The risk FActoRs PREdictive of
Antelmi, Elena +22 more
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Similar Progression of Morphological and Metabolic Phenotype in R6/2 Mice with Different CAG Repeats Revealed by In Vivo Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Huntington's disease (HD) is caused by an unstable polyglutamine (CAG) repeat in the HD gene, whereby a CAG repeat length greater than ∼36 leads to the disease.
Morton, A Jennifer +2 more
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Lipids under stress - a lipidomic approach for the study of mood disorders [PDF]
The emerging field of lipidomics has identified lipids as key players in disease physiology. Their physicochemical diversity allows precise control of cell structure and signaling events through modulation of membrane prop- erties and trafficking of ...
Antonny +114 more
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‘Phenoconversion’ in adult patients with β‐thalassemia
Rate and risk factors for phenoconversion from non-transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia (NTDT) to transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia (TDT) during a 10-year follow up of adult patients in Italy.
Musallam, Khaled M. +13 more
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Pharmacogenomic (PGx) information can guide drug and dose selection, optimize therapy outcomes, and/or decrease the risk of adverse drug events (ADEs). This report demonstrates the impact of a pharmacist-led medication evaluation, with PGx assisted by a ...
Nicole Marie Del Toro-Pagán +5 more
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Rating scales for behavioural symptoms in Huntington's Disease: critique and recommendations [PDF]
Behavioral symptoms are an important feature of Huntington’s disease and contribute to impairment in quality of life. The Movement Disorder Society commissioned the assessment of the clinimetric properties of rating scales in Huntington’s disease in ...
Bachoud-Levi +84 more
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Biomarkers of conversion to alpha-synucleinopathy in isolated rapid-eye-movement sleep behaviour disorder [PDF]
Patients with isolated rapid-eye-movement sleep behaviour disorder (RBD) are commonly regarded as being in the early stages of a progressive neurodegenerative disease involving \u3b1-synuclein pathology, such as Parkinson's disease, dementia with Lewy ...
Adler, Charles H. +37 more
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Longitudinal changes in qualitative aspects of semantic fluency in presymptomatic and prodromal genetic frontotemporal dementia [PDF]
Background: The semantic fluency test is one of the most widely used neuropsychological tests in dementia diagnosis. Research utilizing the qualitative, psycholinguistic information embedded in its output is currently underexplored in presymptomatic and ...
Giannini, Lucia A.A. +9 more
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Distinct Prescription Patterns Emerge Years Before ALS Diagnosis: A Nationwide Registry‐Based Study
Objective The prodromal phase of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is poorly defined. We aimed to characterize prescription drug use patterns in the pre‐diagnostic period by analyzing nationwide prescription data to identify the earliest divergence between individuals who developed ALS and matched healthy controls.
Magne Haugland Solheim +6 more
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Renin–angiotensin system gene polymorphisms among Saudi patients with coronary artery disease [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder is a prodromal stage of Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. Hyposmia, reduced dopamine transporter binding, and expression of the brain metabolic PD-related pattern were each associated ...
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