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Priorities in Parkinson's disease research

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This Review describes the most promising biological targets and therapeutic agents that are currently being assessed to address treatment goals of Parkinson's disease.
Abstract
The loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta leads to the characteristic motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease: bradykinesia, rigidity and resting tremors. Although these symptoms can be improved using currently available dopamine replacement strategies, there is still a need to improve current strategies of treating these symptoms, together with a need to alleviate non-motor symptoms of the disease. Moreover, treatments that provide neuroprotection and/or disease-modifying effects remain an urgent unmet clinical need. This Review describes the most promising biological targets and therapeutic agents that are currently being assessed to address these treatment goals. Progress will rely on understanding genetic mutations or susceptibility factors that lead to Parkinson's disease, better translation between preclinical animal models and clinical research, and improving the design of future clinical trials.

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Parkinson’s disease: clinical features and diagnosis

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Diagnosis and management of dementia with Lewy bodies: Third report of the DLB Consortium

Ian G. McKeith, +45 more
- 27 Dec 2005 - 
TL;DR: The dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) Consortium has revised criteria for the clinical and pathologic diagnosis of DLB incorporating new information about the core clinical features and suggesting improved methods to assess them as mentioned in this paper.
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