Studies of α-synuclein Oligomers-with Relevance to Lewy Body Disorders

The protein alpha-synuclein (α-synuclein) accumulates in the brain in disorders such as Parkinson’s disease (PD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). It is believed that the monomeric form of α-synuclein can adopt a partially folded structure and start to aggregate and form intermediately sized olig...

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Main Author: Fagerqvist, Therese
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för folkhälso- och vårdvetenskap 2013
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-204466
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