ObjectivesTo explore the genetic architecture of PD in the Luxembourg Parkinson’s Study including cohorts of healthy people and patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and atypical parkinsonism (AP).Methods809 healthy controls, 680 PD and 103 AP were genotyped using the Neurochip array. We screened and validated rare single nucleotide variants (SNVs) and copy number variants (CNVs) within […]

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common progressive neurodegenerative disease and is associated with dementia. Presently, various chemical and environmental agents are used to induce in-vitro models of Alzheimer disease to investigate the efficacy of different therapeutic drugs. We screened literature from databases such as PubMed, ScienceDirect, and Google scholar, emphasizing the diverse targeting mechanisms […]

ObjectiveMultisensory integration enhances sensory processing in older adults. This study aimed to investigate how the sensory enhancement would modulate the motor related process in healthy older adults.MethodThirty-one older adults (12 males, mean age 67.7 years) and 29 younger adults as controls (16 males, mean age 24.9 years) participated in this study. Participants were asked to discriminate spatial […]