Article
Temporal expression of mutant LRRK2 in adult rats impairs dopamine reuptake.
International journal of biological sciences - 1 Jan 2011
Zhou Hongxia, Huang Cao, Tong Jianbin, Hong Weimin C, Liu Yong-Jian, Xia Xu-Gang
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson's disease (PD) results from progressive degeneration of dopaminergic neurons. Most PD cases are sporadic, but some have pathogenic mutation in the individual genes. Mutation of the leucine-rich repeat kinase-2 (LRRK2) gene is associated with familial and sporadic PD, as exemplified by G2019S substitution. While constitutive expression of mutant LRRK2 in transgenic mice fails to induce neuron death,...
Topics
- Age Factors
- Animals
- Corpus Striatum
- Disease Models, Animal
- Dopamine
- Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
- Humans
- Leucine-Rich Repeat Serine-Threonine Protein Kinase-2
- Locus Coeruleus
- Microdialysis
