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Parkinson's disease alpha-synuclein transgenic mice develop neuronal mitochondrial degeneration and cell death.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 4 Jan 2006
Martin Lee J, Pan Yan, Price Ann C, Sterling Wanda, Copeland Neal G, Jenkins Nancy A, Price Donald L, Lee Michael K
Abstract excerpt
Alpha-synuclein (alpha-Syn) is enriched in nerve terminals. Two mutations in the alpha-Syn gene (Ala53--> Thr and Ala30--> Pro) occur in autosomal dominant familial Parkinson's disease. Mice overexpressing the human A53T mutant alpha-Syn develop a severe movement disorder, paralysis, and synucleinopathy, but the mechanisms are not understood. We examined whether transgenic mice expressing human wild-type or...
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