Part I: Genetics, molecular and cellular biology
2. Alpha-synuclein gene and Parkinson's diseaseAthina-Maria Simitsi, Chistos Koros and Leonidas Stefanis
3. The DJ-1 gene and protein: links with Parkinson's diseaseVanessa J. Musco, Sarah J. Annesley and Paul R. Fisher
4. Regulation of tyrosine hydroxylase: relevance to Parkinson's diseaseGelareh Alam and Jason R. Richardson
5. Linking glucocerebrosidase gene (GBA) variants and Parkinson's diseasectoria Berge-Seidl and Mathias Toft
6. Astrocytes and microglia in Parkinson's disease and animal modelsKatarzyna Kuter
7. The role of autophagy in Parkinson's disease etiopathogenesisEmanuel Candeias, Jãao Duarte Magalhães, Daniel Santos, Helena Costa, Diana F. Silva, Ana Raquel Esteves and Sandra Morais Cardoso
8. The mitochondrial network in Parkinson's diseaseAndreas Aufschnaiter, Verena Kohler and Sabrina Büttner
9. Signal transduction in Parkinson's disease: modulation of neurotransmission, symptomatology, and therapyMattia Volta
10. Oxidative stress signaling and regulated cell death in Parkinson's diseaseCarlos Velez-Pardo and Marlene Jimenez-Del-Rio
11. Subcellular-specific alpha-synuclein in Parkinson's diseaseBenjamin Rosen, Ketan S. Patil, Guido W. Alves and Simon G. Møller
12. Melanocortin 1 receptor: Parkinson's disease, melanoma risk, and neuroprotectionGemma Tell-Marti, Joan Anton Puig-Butillé and Susana Puig
13. Energy regulation and Parkinson's diseaseLiting Hang and Kah-Leong Lim
14. Linking rotigotine, Parkinson's disease, and brain-derived neurotrophic factorKazuhiro Sohya, Kazunori O'Hashi and Hiroshi Kunugi
Part II: Neurology, physiology and imaging
15. The different syndromes in Parkinson's disease: an overviewNikolaos Giagkou and Maria Stamelou
16. Neuromolecular imaging in Parkinson's diseasePatricia A. Broderick and Leslie Wenning
17. Interlinking brain mapping and Parkinson's disease: MRI analysis, nigrosome 1 and nigrosome 4Eung Yeop Kim, Young Hee Sung and Jongho Lee
18. Interconnecting Parkinson's disease: the use of computed tomography and microelectrode recording in DBS surgeryRyan B. Kochanski and Sepehr Sani
19. Linking diffusion tensor imaging, microstructures and Parkinson's diseaseYu Zhang, Norbert Schuff, I-Wei Wu and Duygu Tosun
20. Detecting parkinsonian degeneration in lateroventral tier of substantia nigra pars compacta with MRIJason Langley, Daniel E. Huddleston and Xiaoping P. Hu
21. Vagal motoneurons in Parkinson's diseaseRuth E. Musgrove, Wei-Hua Chiu and Joshua A. Goldberg
22. Circadian clock disruption and neuroinflammation in Parkinson's disease: a new perspective Elisabetta Lauretti and Domenico Praticò
23. Motor cortex stimulation in Parkinson's diseaseAngelo Lavano, Giusy Guzzi, Attilio Della Torre and Domenico La Torre
24. Action programming disorders associated with Parkinson's diseaseKenneth M. Heilman
25. The striatal medium spiny neurons: what they are and how they link with Parkinson's diseaseFu-Ming Zhou
26. Disruptions of frontostriatal language functions in Parkinson's diseaseAdolfo M. García, Yamile Bocanegra, Agustina Birba, Juan Rafael Orozco-Arroyave, Lucas Sedeño and Agustín Ibañez
27. Alpha-synuclein and neuroinflammation in Parkinson's diseaseTatiana Varanita and Luigi Bubacco
28. Tau and its interactions with other proteins in neurodegenerative diseasesKatelyn H. Mroczek, Sarah J. Annesley and Paul R. Fisher
29. Interaction between brain angiotensin and dopaminergic systems and Parkinson's diseaseJose Luis Labandeira-Garcia, Pablo Garrido-Gil, Maria A. Pedrosa, Carmen M. Labandeira and Ana I. Rodriguez-Perez
30. Restoring dopamine levels in Parkinson's disease: neuronal pathways, agonists and antiinflammatory agentsÁgatha Oliveira-Giacomelli, C.M. Albino, Hellio Danny Nóbrega de Souza and Henning Ulrich
Part III: Behaviour and psychopathology
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