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Aggregation of αSynuclein promotes progressive in vivo neurotoxicity in adult rat dopaminergic neurons.
Acta neuropathologica - 1 May 2012
Taschenberger Grit, Garrido Manuel, Tereshchenko Yuliya, Bähr Mathias, Zweckstetter Markus, Kügler Sebastian
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Fibrillar αSynuclein is the major constituent of Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites, the protein deposits characteristic for Parkinson's disease (PD). Multiplications of the αSynuclein gene, as well as point mutations cause familial PD. However, the exact role of αSynuclein in neurodegeneration remains uncertain. Recent research in invertebrates has suggested that oligomeric rather than fibrillizing αSynuclein...
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