Comment on

• Where does parkinson disease pathology begin in the brain?

  Del Tredici K, Rüb U, De Vos RA, Bohl JR, Braak H. Del Tredici K, et al. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2002 May;61(5):413-26. doi: 10.1093/jnen/61.5.413. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2002. PMID: 12030260
• Staging of brain pathology related to sporadic Parkinson's disease.

  Braak H, Del Tredici K, Rüb U, de Vos RA, Jansen Steur EN, Braak E. Braak H, et al. Neurobiol Aging. 2003 Mar-Apr;24(2):197-211. doi: 10.1016/s0197-4580(02)00065-9. Neurobiol Aging. 2003. PMID: 12498954
• Pathology associated with sporadic Parkinson's disease--where does it end?

  Braak H, Müller CM, Rüb U, Ackermann H, Bratzke H, de Vos RA, Del Tredici K. Braak H, et al. J Neural Transm Suppl. 2006;(70):89-97. doi: 10.1007/978-3-211-45295-0_15. J Neural Transm Suppl. 2006. PMID: 17017514 Review.
• Evidence that incidental Lewy body disease is pre-symptomatic Parkinson's disease.

  Dickson DW, Fujishiro H, DelleDonne A, Menke J, Ahmed Z, Klos KJ, Josephs KA, Frigerio R, Burnett M, Parisi JE, Ahlskog JE. Dickson DW, et al. Acta Neuropathol. 2008 Apr;115(4):437-44. doi: 10.1007/s00401-008-0345-7. Epub 2008 Feb 9. Acta Neuropathol. 2008. PMID: 18264713
• The dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus is not an obligatory trigger site of Parkinson's disease.

  Attems J, Jellinger KA. Attems J, et al. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol. 2008 Aug;34(4):466-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2008.00937.x. Epub 2008 Feb 13. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol. 2008. PMID: 18282157 No abstract available.
• Applicability of current staging/categorization of alpha-synuclein pathology and their clinical relevance.

  Parkkinen L, Pirttilä T, Alafuzoff I. Parkkinen L, et al. Acta Neuropathol. 2008 Apr;115(4):399-407. doi: 10.1007/s00401-008-0346-6. Epub 2008 Feb 23. Acta Neuropathol. 2008. PMID: 18297293 Free PMC article.