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Alpha‐synuclein at the nexus of genes and environment: the impact of environmental enrichment and stress on brain health and disease
5 Jun 2019
Abstract excerpt
Accumulation of alpha-synuclein protein aggregates is the hallmark neuropathologic feature of synucleinopathies such as Parkinson's disease. Rare point mutations and multiplications in SNCA, the gene encoding alpha-synuclein, as well as other genetic alterations are linked to familial Parkinson's disease cases with high penetrance and hence constitute major genetic risk factors for Parkinson's disease. However,...
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