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Metabolic alterations in Parkinson's disease astrocytes.
Scientific reports - 2 Sept 2020
Sonninen Tuuli-Maria, Hämäläinen Riikka H, Koskuvi Marja, Oksanen Minna, Shakirzyanova Anastasia, Wojciechowski Sara, Puttonen Katja, Naumenko Nikolay, Goldsteins Gundars, Laham-Karam Nihay, Lehtonen Marko, Tavi Pasi, Koistinaho Jari, Lehtonen Šárka
Abstract excerpt
In Parkinson`s disease (PD), the loss of dopaminergic (DA) neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta is associated with Lewy bodies arising from the accumulation of alpha-synuclein protein which leads ultimately to movement impairment. While PD has been considered a disease of the DA neurons, a glial contribution, in particular that of astrocytes, in PD pathogenesis is starting to be uncovered. Here, we...
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