NOTCH2NLC-related repeat expansion disorders: an expanding group of neurodegenerative disorders

L Cao, Y Yan, G Zhao - Neurological Sciences, 2021 - Springer
The NOTCH2NLC gene 5′ untranslated region (UTR) GGC repeat expansion mutations
were identified as a genetic contributor of neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease (NIID) in …

Risk factors of impulsive-compulsive behaviors in PD patients: a meta-analysis

L Cao, T Xu, G Zhao, D Lv, J Lu, G Zhao - Journal of Neurology, 2022 - Springer
Objective To summarize the reliable risk factors of impulsive-compulsive behaviors (ICBs) in
Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients through a meta-analysis on studies in which PD-ICBs …

[HTML][HTML] Neuroimaging evidence of glymphatic system dysfunction in possible REM sleep behavior disorder and Parkinson's disease

X Si, T Guo, Z Wang, Y Fang, L Gu, L Cao… - npj Parkinson's …, 2022 - nature.com
Alpha-synucleinopathy is postulated to be central to both idiopathic rapid eye movement sleep
behaviour disorder (iRBD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD). Growing evidence suggests an …

[HTML][HTML] Burden of Parkinson disease in China, 1990–2019: findings from the 2019 Global Burden of Disease Study

Z Zheng, Z Zhu, C Zhou, L Cao, G Zhao - Neuroepidemiology, 2023 - karger.com
Introduction: China has the most people with Parkinson disease (PD) in the world and is
estimated to have over half of the worldwide PD population. The objective of this study was to …

Assessing the NOTCH2NLC GGC expansion in essential tremor patients from eastern China

Y Yan, L Cao, L Gu, B Zhang, C Xu, J Pu, J Tian, X Yin… - Brain, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We read the recent paper by Sun et al.(2020) which showed that abnormal GGC repeat
expansion in the NOTCH2NLC gene with a detection rate of 5.58% was found in a cohort of …

The clinical characteristics of neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease and its relation with inflammation

Y Yan, L Cao, L Gu, C Xu, W Fang, J Tian, X Yin… - Neurological …, 2023 - Springer
Background Neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease (NIID) is a great imitator with a broad
spectrum of clinical manifestations that include dementia, parkinsonism, paroxysmal …

[HTML][HTML] Validation of the Chinese version of the questionnaire for impulsive-compulsive disorders in Parkinson's disease

T Xu, L Cao, W Long, G Zhao - Frontiers in Neurology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Impulse control and related disorders (ICRDs) have gained recognition as a
severe complication of Parkinson's disease (PD) and are connected to poor quality of life and …

Trends in prevalence and disability-adjusted life-years of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias in China from 1990 to 2019

Z Zhu, Z Zheng, C Zhou, L Cao, G Zhao - Neuroepidemiology, 2023 - karger.com
Introduction: China has the largest population of people with dementia in the world and is
estimated to have approximately a quarter of the entire population with dementia worldwide, …

Early-onset familial essential tremor is associated with nucleotide expansions of spinocerebellar ataxia in China

Z Zheng, Z Zhu, J Pu, C Zhou, L Cao, D Lv, J Lu… - Molecular Biology …, 2024 - Springer
Background Essential tremor (ET) is a neurological disease characterized by action tremor
in upper arms. Although its high heritability and prevalence worldwide, its etiology and …

[HTML][HTML] Autosomal dominant sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy associated with a novel mutation of KCNT1

J Lu, G Zhao, D Lv, L Cao, G Zhao - Translational Neuroscience, 2022 - degruyter.com
Autosomal dominant sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy (ADSHE) is characterized by severe
sleep-related rigid hypermotor seizures. The pathogenic genes of ADSHE include genes …