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Prion-like propagation of human brain-derived alpha-synuclein in transgenic mice expressing human wild-type alpha-synuclein.
Acta neuropathologica communications - 26 Nov 2015
Bernis Maria E, Babila Julius T, Breid Sara, Wüsten Katharina Annick, Wüllner Ullrich, Tamgüney Gültekin
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INTRODUCTION: Parkinson's disease (PD) and multiple system atrophy (MSA) are neurodegenerative diseases that are characterized by the intracellular accumulation of alpha-synuclein containing aggregates. Recent increasing evidence suggests that Parkinson's disease and MSA pathology spread throughout the nervous system in a spatiotemporal fashion, possibly by prion-like propagation of alpha-synuclein positive...
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