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Inclusion body formation and neurodegeneration are parkin independent in a mouse model of alpha-synucleinopathy.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 5 Apr 2006
von Coelln Rainer, Thomas Bobby, Andrabi Shaida A, Lim Kah Leong, Savitt Joseph M, Saffary Roya, Stirling Wanda, Bruno Kristy, Hess Ellen J, Lee Michael K, Dawson Valina L, Dawson Ted M
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the genes coding for alpha-synuclein and parkin cause autosomal-dominant and autosomal-recessive forms of Parkinson's disease (PD), respectively. Alpha-synuclein is a major component of Lewy bodies, the proteinaceous cytoplasmic inclusions that are the pathological hallmark of idiopathic PD. Lewy bodies appear to be absent in cases of familial PD associated with mutated forms of parkin. Parkin is an...
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