Alzheimer’s disease and Helicobacter pylori infection: Defective immune regulation and apoptosis as proposed common links

Although degenerative diseases of the central nervous system, including Alzheimer’s disease (AD), have an increasingly high impact on aged population their association with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection has not…

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Neuroinflammatory mechanisms in Parkinson’s disease: Potential environmental triggers, pathways, and targets for early therapeutic intervention

Most acute and chronic neurodegenerative conditions are accompanied by neuroinflammation; yet the exact nature of the inflammatory processes and whether they modify disease progression is not well understood. In this…

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Parkinson’s disease and exposure to infectious agents and pesticides and the occurrence of brain injuries: role of neuroinflammation

Idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) is a devastating movement disorder characterized by selective degeneration of the nigrostriatal dopaminergic pathway. Neurodegeneration usually starts in the fifth decade of life and progresses over…

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