Prevention, Diagnosis, Treatment and Healthcare for the People with Neurodegenerative Diseases: Second Edition
A Special Issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 July 2027 | Viewed by 2088
Editor
2. Division of Clinical Geriatrics, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS), Karolinska Institutet, 14186 Stockholm, Sweden
Interests: neuroepidemiology; clinical neuroscience; neurodegenerative disorders; neuroimaging; Parkinson’s disease; neuro-prevention
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Dear Colleagues,
Neurodegenerative disorders are a heterogenous group of neurologic entities with various pathogenesis consisting of proteinopathies (e.g., Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, other dementias), motor neuron diseases (e.g., amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)), autoimmune-related (e.g., multiple sclerosis), or genetic disorders (e.g., Huntington’s disease, spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA)). Neurodegenerative diseases are progressive, with debilitating consequences affecting motor, cognitive, and behavioural performances. The burden of these diseases, particularly age-related proteinopathies (e.g., Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease), is steadily increasing in most countries, mainly due to population ageing and longevity. Due to multi-domain involvement, chronicity and progressive course, caring for people with neurodegenerative diseases is highly complex. Even though many of the neurodegenerative diseases (i.e., Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease) are preceded by a long prodromal stage of up to 1–2 decades prior to the presence of debilitating motor or cognitive symptoms, there is currently no neuroprotective agent that can reverse or halt their pathogenesis. Furthermore, disease-modifying treatments only exist for certain conditions, such as multiple sclerosis.
This Special Issue seeks original research articles and reviews that address different aspects of neurodegenerative diseases, namely prevention, diagnosis, symptomatic and/or disease-modifying treatments, as well as multidisciplinary management and care plans. Papers tackling the themes of prevention, novel diagnostic biomarkers, treatments, and the latest advances in the management of neurodegenerative diseases using a multidisciplinary approach are of particular interest.
This Special Issue aims to provide an updated panorama of the current state-of-the-art and emerging trends in healthcare to reduce the global burden of neurodegenerative diseases.
Dr. Seyed Mohammad Fereshtehnejad
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- healthcare
- disease modifying treatment
- prevention
- neurorehabilitation
- neuroimaging
- neurodegenerative diseases
- Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias
- Parkinson’s disease
- motor neuron disease
- multiple system atrophy
- progressive supranuclear palsy
- multiple sclerosis
- Huntington’s disease
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