Sleep Symptoms Differentially Predict Cognition in Younger and Older-Onset Parkinson's Disease
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(ISSN 2638-1311)
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Special Issue
Novel Concepts of Neurodegeneration in Parkinson's Disease
Submission Deadline: May 20, 2019 (Open) Submit Now
Guest Editor
Tomohiro Chiba, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo 181-8611, Japan
Research Interest: Alzheimer's disease; Parkinson's disease; ALS; Stat3; oncology; cell signaling
About This Topic
In the special issue, I would like to focus on the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD). Most PD cases can be improved by dopamine replacement and many strategies including iPS-based cell therapy have been proposed. Some PD patients, however, are still resistant to dopamine replacement, leading us to further understand the pathogenesis of PD. Especially, it is important to elucidate the pathogenetic mechanisms underlying neurodegeneration of PD. New therapeutic targets of PD will be found in the pursuit of detailed pathogenetic mechanisms. In the special issue, novel concepts of neurodegeneration in PD will be discussed. We welcome a variety of concepts such as cell death mechanisms, neuroinflammation, metablism, etc.
Publication
Sleep Symptoms Differentially Predict Cognition in Younger and Older-Onset Parkinson's DiseaseAbstract Abstract
Background: Both disrupted sleep and cognitive impairment are frequent in Parkinson’s disease (PD), but the evidence for a relationship between self-reported sleep disturbance and cognitive symptoms has been equivocal. If sleep symptoms differentially predict cognition in different subtypes, effects may be obscured in a general [...] |
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