Internalization, axonal transport and release of fibrillar forms of alpha-synuclein

Intra-neuronal protein aggregates made of fibrillar alpha-synuclein (α-syn) are the hallmark of Parkinson's disease (PD). With time, these aggregates spread through the brain following axonal projections. Understanding the mechanism of this spread is central to the study of the progressive natu...

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Main Authors: Gregor Bieri, Aaron D. Gitler, Michel Brahic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:Neurobiology of Disease
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996117300554