Conditional transgenic mice expressing C-terminally truncated human α-synuclein (αSyn119) exhibit reduced striatal dopamine without loss of nigrostriatal pathway dopaminergic neurons
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Missense mutations and multiplications of the <it>α-synuclein </it>gene cause autosomal dominant familial Parkinson's disease (PD). α-Synuclein protein is also a major component of Lewy bodies, the hallmark pathologi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-07-01
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Series: | Molecular Neurodegeneration |
Online Access: | http://www.molecularneurodegeneration.com/content/4/1/34 |