Targeting heat shock proteins to modulate α-synuclein toxicity
Parkinson’s disease is a slowly progressive neurodegenerative disorder typically characterized by the loss of dopaminergic neurons within the substantia nigra pars compacta, and the intraneuronal deposition of insoluble protein aggregates chiefly comprised of α-synuclein. Patients experience debilit...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2014-01-01
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Series: | Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1756285613493469 |