Two conformationally distinct α-synuclein oligomers share common epitopes and the ability to impair long-term potentiation.

Parkinson's Disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease for which there currently is no cure. Aggregation of the pre-synaptic protein α-synuclein (aSN) into oligomers (αSOs) is believed to play a key role in PD pathology, but little is known about αSO formation in vivo and how they induce neuro...

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Main Authors: Femke van Diggelen, Dean Hrle, Mihaela Apetri, Gunna Christiansen, Gerhard Rammes, Armand Tepper, Daniel Erik Otzen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213663