Meike Kasten

The paper develops an improved polygenic score for idiopathic Parkinson's disease, showing higher discriminative performance and explaining variable penetrance in genetic forms of the disease.

This study explores associations between coffee, smoking, and aspirin use with age at onset and clinical severity in idiopathic Parkinson's disease using a large cohort.

This study links baseline interleukin-6 plasma levels to neural stress responses in healthy adults, finding negative associations in specific brain regions.

This study uses Mendelian randomization to investigate causal links between risky behaviors and Parkinson's disease in over a million participants, finding protective and risk associations for specific behaviors.