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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yeo, Natalie
Other Authors: Zoë Bichler
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/72380