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Propagated α-synucleinopathy recapitulates REM sleep behaviour disorder followed by parkinsonian phenotypes in mice.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 5 Dec 2020
Shen Yan, Yu Wen-Bo, Shen Bo, Dong Hui, Zhao Jue, Tang Yi-Lin, Fan Yun, Yang Yan-Fei, Sun Yi-Min, Luo Su-Shan, Chen Chen, Liu Feng-Tao, Wu Jian-Jun, Xiao Bao-Guo, Yu Huan, Koprich James B, Huang Zhi-Li, Wang Jian
Abstract excerpt
Idiopathic rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder (RBD) is now recognized as an early manifestation of α-synucleinopathies. Increasing experimental studies demonstrate that manipulative lesion or inactivation of the neurons within the sublaterodorsal tegmental nucleus (also known as the subcoeruleus nucleus in humans) can induce RBD-like behaviours in animals. As current RBD animal models are not established...
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