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Decreased parkin solubility is associated with impairment of autophagy in the nigrostriatum of sporadic Parkinson's disease.
Neuroscience - 1 Mar 2013
Lonskaya I, Hebron M L, Algarzae N K, Desforges N, Moussa C E-H
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a motor disorder that involves death of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta. Parkin is an autosomal recessive gene that is mutated in early onset PD. We investigated the role of parkin and autophagic clearance in postmortem nigrostriatal tissues...
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