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Striatal dopamine transmission is subtly modified in human A53Tα-synuclein overexpressing mice.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Platt Nicola J, Gispert Suzana, Auburger Georg, Cragg Stephanie J
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in, or elevated dosage of, SNCA, the gene for α-synuclein (α-syn), cause familial Parkinson's disease (PD). Mouse lines overexpressing the mutant human A53Tα-syn may represent a model of early PD. They display progressive motor deficits, abnormal cellular accumulation of α-syn, and deficits in dopamine-dependent corticostriatal plasticity, which, in the absence of overt nigrostriatal degeneration,...
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