Microtubule depolymerization potentiates alpha-synuclein oligomerization

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is associated with perturbed mitochondria function and alpha-synuclein fibrillization. We evaluated potential mechanistic links between mitochondrial dysfunction and alpha-synuclein aggregation. We studied a PD cytoplasmic hybrid (cybrid) cell line in which platele...

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Published in:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Main Authors: Russell H Swerdlow, Catarina Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2010-01-01
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/neuro.24.005.2009/full