Pathogenesis and mechanisms of neurodegeneration, development of therapeutic interventions for neurological disorders

Selected publications

Depending on intensity, exercise improved or worsened pathology in a model of prodromal Parkinson's disease 
npj Parkinson's Disease 2025 
10.1038/s41531-025-01200-y

Nose-to-brain siRNA delivery by PEI/PPI-based nanoparticles reduces α-synuclein expression in a Parkinson's disease mouse model 
Mol Ther Nucleic Acids 2025 
10.1016/j.omtn.2025.102671

Intravenous SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein induces neuroinflammation and alpha-Synuclein accumulation in brain regions relevant to Parkinson's disease 
Brain Behav Immun 2025 
10.1016/j.bbi.2025.05.021

Nose-to-brain drug delivery: from bench to bedside 
Transl Neurodegener 2025 
10.1186/s40035-025-00481-w

The basolateral amygdala and striatum propagate alpha-synuclein pathology causing increased fear response in a Parkinson's disease model 
Brain Behav Immun 2025 
10.1016/j.bbi.2025.04.025

Alterations in non-REM sleep and EEG spectra precede REM-sleep deficits in a model of synucleinopathy 
J Parkinsons Dis 2025 
10.1177/1877718X241310723

Alpha-synuclein pathology enhances peripheral and CNS immune responses to bacterial endotoxins 
Neurobiol Dis 2025 
10.1016/j.nbd.2024.106773

Sex-specific biphasic alpha-synuclein response and alterations of interneurons in a COVID-19 hamster model
eBioMedicine 2024 
10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105191

Blood-brain barrier alterations and their impact on Parkinson’s disease pathogenesis and therapy
Transl Neurodegener 2024 
10.1186/s40035-024-00430-z

Infections in the etiology of Parkinson’s disease and synucleinopathies: a renewed perspective, mechanistic insights and therapeutic implications
Journal of Parkinsons Disease 2024 
10.3233/jpd-240195

Double-Edged Effects of Venglustat on Behavior and Pathology in Mice Overexpressing α-Synuclein
Movement Disorders 2023 
10.1002/mds.29398

CYP19A1 mediates severe SARS-CoV-2 disease outcome in males
Cell Reports Med 2023 
10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.101152

Anxiety in synucleinopathies: neuronal circuitry, underlying pathomechanisms and current therapeutic strategies
npj Parkinson's Disease 2023 
10.1038/s41531-023-00547-4

A Mouse Model to Test Novel Therapeutics for Parkinson’s Disease: an Update on the Thy1-aSyn (“line 61”) Mice
Neurotherapeutics 2023 
10.1007/s13311-022-01338-0

Microgliosis and neuronal proteinopathy in brain persist beyond viral clearance in SARS-CoV-2 hamster model
eBioMedicine 2022 
10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.103999

Alpha-synuclein pathology, microgliosis, and parvalbumin neuron loss in the amygdala associated with enhanced fear in the Thy1-aSyn model of Parkinson's disease
Neurobiol Dis 2021 
10.1016/j.nbd.2021.105478 

A glutaminyl cyclase-catalyzed α-synuclein modification identified in human synucleinopathies
Acta Neuropathol 2021 
10.1007/s00401-021-02349-5

Alpha-Synuclein Pathology Coincides With Increased Number of Early Stage Neural Progenitors in the Adult Hippocampus
Fron Cell Dev Biol 2021 
10.3389/fcell.2021.691560

Optogenetic augmentation of the hypercholinergic endophenotype in DYT1 knock-in mice induced erratic hyperactive movements but not dystonia
EBioMedicine 2019
10.1016/j.ebiom.2019.02.04

Lighting Up Alpha-synuclein Oligomers
EBioMedicine 2018 
10.1016/j.ebiom.2018.02.016

Polyethylenimine Nanoparticle-Mediated siRNA Delivery to Reduce α-Synuclein Expression in a Model of Parkinson’s Disease
Molecular Therapy Nucleic Acids 2017 
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omtn.2017.08.013

Effects of decreased dopamine transporter levels on nigrostriatal neurons and paraquat/maneb toxicity in mice
Neurobiology of Aging 2017 
10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2016.11.015

A GCase Chaperone Improves Motor Function in a Mouse Model of Synucleinopathy
Neurotherapeutics 2014 
10.1007/s13311-014-0294-x

Chronic administration of cholesterol oximes in mice increases transcription of cytoprotective genes and improves transcriptome alterations induced by alpha-synuclein overexpression in nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons
Neurobiology of Disease 2014 
10.1016/j.nbd.2014.05.012

Genetic animal models of dystonia: Common features and diversities
Progress in Neurobiology 2014 
10.1016/j.pneurobio.2014.07.002

Modelling of Parkinson's disease in mice
Lancet Neurology 2011 
10.1016/s1474-4422(11)70227-7