Targeting Alpha-Synuclein as a Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative disorders with a global burden of approximately 6.1 million patients. Alpha-synuclein has been linked to both the sporadic and familial forms of the disease. Moreover, alpha-synuclein is present in Lewy-bodies, the neuropathologica...

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Main Authors: Carroll Rutherford Fields, Nora Bengoa-Vergniory, Richard Wade-Martins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnmol.2019.00299/full