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Are Parkinson's Disease Patients the Ideal Preclinical Population for Alzheimer's Disease Therapeutics?

J Pers Med · 2021-08-25

DOI: 10.3390/jpm11090834PMID: 34575610

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Concomitant neuropathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) are common in the brains of people with Parkinson's disease (PD). Furthermore, AD biomarkers are associated with cognitive decline and dementia in PD patients during life. Here, we highlight the considerable overlap between AD and PD, emphasizing neuropathological, biomarker, and mechanistic studies. We suggest that precision medicine approaches may successfully identify PD patients most likely to develop concomitant AD. The ability to identify PD patients at high risk for future concomitant AD in turn provides an ideal cohort for trials of AD-directed therapies in PD patients, aimed at delaying or preventing cognitive symptoms.

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