CSF α-Synuclein Seed Amplification Assays and Alzheimer's Disease Biomarkers

Dr. Greg Cooper and Dr. David G. Coughlin discuss the role of αSyn-SAAs in diagnosing DBL and their relationship with Alzheimer's disease biomarkers.

Show citation:

Coughlin DG, Jain L, Khrestian M, et al. CSF α-Synuclein Seed Amplification Assays and Alzheimer Disease Biomarkers in Dementia With Lewy Bodies: Presentation and Progression. Neurology. 2025;105(12):e214346. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000214346

Show transcript:

Dr. Greg Cooper:

Hi, this is Dr. Greg Cooper. I just finished interviewing Dr. David Coughlin for this week's Neurology Podcast. For today's Neurology Minute, I'm hoping you can tell us the main points of your paper.

Dr. David Coughlin:

The main points of this paper in my mind is that α-Synuclein seed amplification assays from cerebrospinal fluid samples is useful in confirming the presence of synuclein pathology in people with clinically suspected dementia with Lewy bodies. But also that, for people who have synuclein positivity, that the presence of Alzheimer's disease mixed pathology is associated with a worse cognitive progression over time.

Dr. Greg Cooper:

Thank you Dr. Coughlin, for that summary and for all of your work on this topic. Please check out this week's podcast to hear the full interview and read the full article published in Neurology, CSF α-Synuclein Seed Amplification Assays and Alzheimer's Disease Biomarkers in Dementia with Lewy Bodies. Thank you.

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