Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers for Dementia with Lewy Bodies

Table 4

CSF studies in Parkinson’s disease.

Study	Type(s) of Biomarker	Sample(s) taken	Type(s) dementia
Almonti et al. [73]	Metals	CSF	PD
Asai et al. [74]	Orexin	CSF	PD
Bibl et al. [75]	Amyloid-Beta/ Tau	CSF/Plasma	VaD
Compta et al. [76]	Amyloid-Beta/ Tau	CSF	PD/PDD
Lunardi et al. [77]	DA and metabolites∗	CSF	PD
Salehi and Mashayekhi et al. [78]	BDNF	CSF	PD

BDNF: Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; DA: Dopamine; CSF: Cerebrospinal fluid; VaD: Vascular Dementia; PD: Parkinson's Disease; ∗Homovanillic acid (HVA), Dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC).