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Dopaminergic Cell Loss Induced by Human A30P α -Synuclein Gene Transfer to the Rat Substantia Nigra
20 Mar 2002
Abstract excerpt
Somatic cell gene transfer was used to express a mutant form of alpha-synuclein (alpha-syn) that is associated with Parkinson's disease (PD) in the rat substantia nigra (SN), a brain region that, in humans, degenerates during PD. DNA encoding the A30P mutant of human alpha-syn linked to familial PD was incorporated into an adeno-associated virus vector, which was injected into the adult rat midbrain. The...
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