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ReviewMolecular neurodegeneration2023

Neuropathology of incidental Lewy body & prodromal Parkinson's disease.

Thomas Koeglsperger, Svenja-Lotta Rumpf, Patricia Schließer, Felix L Struebing, Matthias Brendel, Johannes Levin, Claudia Trenkwalder, Günter U Höglinger, Jochen Herms

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Review in Molecular neurodegeneration, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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69citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
21.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

69 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 103 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Focused Ultrasound for the Treatment of Circuit and Molecular Pathology in Parkinson's Disease.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Thomas KoeglspergerDepartment of Neurology, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany. thomas.koeglsperger@dzne.de.ORCID 0000-0001-6101-0323
Svenja-Lotta RumpfDepartment of Translational Brain Research, DZNE-German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, 81377, Munich, Germany.
Patricia SchließerDepartment of Neurology, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Felix L StruebingDepartment of Translational Brain Research, DZNE-German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, 81377, Munich, Germany.
Matthias BrendelDepartment of Translational Brain Research, DZNE-German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, 81377, Munich, Germany.
Johannes LevinDepartment of Neurology, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Claudia TrenkwalderParacelsus-Elena Klinik, Kassel, Germany.
Günter U Höglinger *Department of Neurology, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Jochen Herms *Department of Translational Brain Research, DZNE-German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, 81377, Munich, Germany.
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases · DELMU Klinikum · DEParacelsus Elena Klinik Kassel · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundParkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder associated with a loss of dopaminergic (DA) neurons. Despite symptomatic therapies, there is currently no disease-modifying treatment to halt neuronal loss in PD. A major hurdle for developing and testing such curative therapies results from the fact that most DA neurons are already lost at the time of the clinical diagnosis, rendering them inaccessible to therapy. Understanding the early pathological changes that precede Lewy body pathology (LBP) and cell loss in PD will likely support the identification of novel diagnostic and therapeutic strategies and help to differentiate LBP-dependent and -independent alterations. Several previous studies identified such specific molecular and cellular changes that occur prior to the appearance of Lewy bodies (LBs) in DA neurons, but a concise map of such early disease events is currently missing.

methodsHere, we conducted a literature review to identify and discuss the results of previous studies that investigated cases with incidental Lewy body disease (iLBD), a presumed pathological precursor of PD.

resultsCollectively, our review demonstrates numerous cellular and molecular neuropathological changes occurring prior to the appearance of LBs in DA neurons.

conclusionsOur review provides the reader with a summary of early pathological events in PD that may support the identification of novel therapeutic and diagnostic targets and aid to the development of disease-modifying strategies in PD.

Indexed as

Lewy Body DiseaseParkinson Diseasealpha-SynucleinHumansLewy BodiesNerve DegenerationNeuropathologyalpha-SynucleinEnteric nervous system (ENS)Incidental Lewy body disease (iLBD)Lewy body α-SynucleinProdromal Parkinson’s disease (PD)REM-sleep behaviour disorder (RBD)

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PMID37173733
PMCPMC10182593
OpenAlexW4376629847

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