Parkinson’s disease-linked Parkin mutations impair glutamatergic signaling in hippocampal neurons

Abstract Background Parkinson’s disease (PD)-associated E3 ubiquitin ligase Parkin is enriched at glutamatergic synapses, where it ubiquitinates multiple substrates, suggesting that its mutation/loss-of-function could contribute to the etiology of PD by disrupting excitatory neurotransmission. Here,...

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Main Authors: Mei Zhu, Giuseppe P. Cortese, Clarissa L. Waites
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:BMC Biology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12915-018-0567-7