Investigating the effect of stress on a mouse model for Parkinson’s disease
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most prevalent neurodegenerative disorder. Among the genes found to be mutated in PD, the LRRK2 (R1441G) mutation, frequent in the Basque country, shows high penetrance and has been used to generate a genetic mouse model for PD. With chronic stress known to agg...
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Format: | Final Year Project (FYP) |
Language: | English |
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2017
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/72380 |