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Neuropathology and neurodegeneration in rodent brain induced by lentiviral vector-mediated overexpression of alpha-synuclein.
Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland) - 1 Jul 2003
Lauwers Erwin, Debyser Zeger, Van Dorpe Jo, De Strooper Bart, Nuttin Bart, Baekelandt Veerle
Abstract excerpt
Two mutations in alpha-synuclein, the main constituent of Lewy bodies, have been identified in familial Parkinson's disease. We have stereotactically injected lentiviral vectors encoding wild-type and A30P mutant human alpha-synuclein in different brain regions (striatum, substantia nigra, amygdala) of mice. Overexpression of alpha-synuclein induced time-dependent neuropathological changes reminiscent of Lewy...
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