Alpha-Synuclein Stimulation of Astrocytes: Potential Role for Neuroinflammation and Neuroprotection

Selective loss of neurons, abnormal protein deposition and neuroinflammation are the common pathological features of neurodegenerative diseases, and these features are closely related to one another. In Parkinson's disease, abnormal aggregation and deposition of α-synuclein is known as a critic...

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Main Authors: He-Jin Lee, Changyoun Kim, Seung-Jae Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/oxim.3.4.12809