Parkinsons Disease and other α-Synucleinopathies

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Parkinson's disease is the most common movement disorder and the second most common neurodegenerative disease. Neuropathologically, it is characterized by the degeneration of nerve cells that develop filamentous inclusions in the form of Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites. Recent work has shown that rare, familial forms of Parkinson's disease are caused by missense mutations in the alpha-synuclein gene and that the...

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