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Locomotor hyperactivity and alterations in dopamine neurotransmission are associated with overexpression of A53T mutant human alpha-synuclein in mice.
Neurobiology of disease - 1 Feb 2006
Unger Erica L, Eve David J, Perez Xiomara A, Reichenbach Dawn K, Xu Yanqun, Lee Michael K, Andrews Anne M
Abstract excerpt
Genetic and biochemical abnormalities associated with alpha-synuclein are implicated in the etiology of Parkinson's disease (PD). In this study, altered locomotor behavior linked to the expression of mutant or wildtype human alpha-synuclein was investigated. A53T alpha-synuclein transgenic (A53T-tg) mice exhibited normal activity at 5 months of age; however, by 7 months, they developed marked hyperactivity that...
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