Effects of Various Flavonoids on the α-Synuclein Fibrillation Process

α-Synuclein aggregation and fibrillation are closely associated with the formation of Lewy bodies in neurons and are implicated in the causative pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease and other synucleinopathies. Currently, there is no approved therapeutic agent directed toward preventing the prot...

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Main Authors: Xiaoyun Meng, Larissa A. Munishkina, Anthony L. Fink, Vladimir N. Uversky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Parkinson's Disease
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2010/650794