American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine

Selective Neuronal Vulnerability to Alpha-Synuclein Pathology in Parkinson’s Disease: A Critical Review of Mechanistic Rationale and Biomarker Stratification

Background: Parkinson’s disease (PD) exhibits remarkable clinical heterogeneity, with substantial variability in motor progression, cognitive decline, and the development of non-motor manifestations. Although the propagation of pathological alpha-synuclein is considered a central...