Recent Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases
A special issue of Medicina (ISSN 1648-9144). This special issue belongs to the section "Neurology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 62
Special Issue Editors
2. Faculty of Medicine, Transilvania University, 500019 Brasov, Romania
Interests: movement disorders; Parkinson’s disease; stroke; neurodegenerative diseases; non-motor symptoms
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
There have been remarkable recent advancements in understanding and treating neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Parkinson’s disease (PD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and Huntington’s disease (HD), disorders which pose a considerable burden to patients, caregivers, and healthcare systems. Novel neuroimaging techniques (such as PET scans and quantitative MRI modalities), as well as genetic testing and advancements in the use of biomarkers in cerebrospinal fluid and blood-based proteins (such as tau and amyloid-beta), significantly contribute to diagnostic precision and disease staging. Wearable devices have been demonstrated to help clinicians to better characterize motor and non-motor symptoms of PD, offering real-time monitoring and enabling personalized treatment.
Emerging treatments such as the use of monoclonal antibodies, gene therapy, and cell-based therapies are being investigated for their potential to modify disease progression, and continuous efforts are being made to integrate these innovations into clinical applications.
In this context, we invite you to submit your research to this Special Issue of Medicina. The aim of this edition is to provide new insights into the epidemiology, pathophysiology, risk factors, diagnosis, and management of neurodegenerative diseases, including but not limited to AD, PD with motor and non-motor symptoms, Parkinsonism, ALS, and HD.
Authors are welcome to submit original articles; reports on novel treatment strategies and advances in decision making; clinical outcome and comparative studies; narrative, scoping, and systematic reviews; and meta-analyses.
Prof. Dr. Cristian Falup-Pecurariu
Guest Editor
Dr. Stefania Diaconu
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Parkinson’s disease
- motor symptoms
- non-motor symptoms
- Parkinsonism
- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- Huntington’s disease
- biomarkers
- disease modification
- neuroimaging
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