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Environmental neurotoxic challenge of conditional alpha-synuclein transgenic mice predicts a dopaminergic olfactory-striatal interplay in early PD.
Acta neuropathologica - 1 Apr 2014
Nuber Silke, Tadros Daniel, Fields Jerel, Overk Cassia Rose, Ettle Benjamin, Kosberg Kori, Mante Michael, Rockenstein Edward, Trejo Margarita, Masliah Eliezer
Abstract excerpt
The olfactory bulb (OB) is one of the first brain regions in Parkinson's disease (PD) to contain alpha-synuclein (α-syn) inclusions, possibly associated with nonmotor symptoms. Mechanisms underlying olfactory synucleinopathy, its contribution to progressive aggregation pathology and nigrostriatal dopaminergic loss observed at later stages, remain unclear. A second hit, such as environmental toxins, is suggestive...
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