Higher vulnerability and stress sensitivity of neuronal precursor cells carrying an alpha-synuclein gene triplication.

Higher vulnerability and stress sensitivity of neuronal precursor cells carrying an alpha-synuclein gene triplication.

Parkinson disease (PD) is a multi-factorial neurodegenerative disorder with loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra and characteristic intracellular inclusions, called Lewy bodies. Genetic predisposition, such as point mutations and copy number variants of the SNCA gene locus can cause...

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Main Authors: Adrian Flierl, Luís M A Oliveira, Lisandro J Falomir-Lockhart, Sally K Mak, Jayne Hesley, Frank Soldner, Donna J Arndt-Jovin, Rudolf Jaenisch, J William Langston, Thomas M Jovin, Birgitt Schüle
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4229205?pdf=render

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