Udo Rüb

TL;DR: This study traces the course of the pathology in incidental and symptomatic Parkinson cases proposing a staging procedure based upon the readily recognizable topographical extent of the lesions.

TL;DR: Aβ-deposition in the entire brain follows a distinct sequence in which the regions are hierarchically involved and expands anterogradely into regions that receive neuronal projections from regions already exhibiting Aβ.

TL;DR: Parkinsons disease is a multisystem disorder that involves only a few predisposed nerve cell types in specific regions of the human nervous system as discussed by the authors, where the intracerebral formation of abnormal proteinaceous Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites advances in a topographically predictable sequence.

TL;DR: The here hypothesized mechanism offers one possible explanation for the sequential and apparently uninterrupted manner in which vulnerable brain regions, subcortical grays and cortical areas become involved in idiopathic Parkinson's disease.

TL;DR: It is shown that ataxin 2 (ATXN2), a polyglutamine (polyQ) protein mutated in spinocerebellar ataxia type 2, is a potent modifier of TDP-43 toxicity in animal and cellular models.