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Increased Expression of Rat Synuclein in the Substantia Nigra Pars Compacta Identified by mRNA Differential Display in a Model of Developmental Target Injury
1 Dec 1999
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Human alpha-synuclein was identified on the basis of proteolytic fragments derived from senile plaques of Alzheimer's disease, and it is the locus of mutations in some familial forms of Parkinson's disease. Its normal function and whether it may play a direct role in neural degeneration remain unknown. To explore cellular responses to neural degeneration in the dopamine neurons of the substantia nigra, we have...
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