Higher Vulnerability and Stress Sensitivity of Neuronal Precursor Cells Carrying an Alpha-Synuclein Gene Triplication

Parkinson disease (PD) is a multi-factorial neurodegenerative disorder with loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra and characteristic intracellular inclusions, called Lewy bodies. Genetic predisposition, such as point mutations and copy number variants of the SNCA gene locus can cause...

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Main Authors: Flierl, Adrian (Author), Oliveira, Luís M. A. (Author), Falomir-Lockhart, Lisandro J. (Author), Mak, Sally K. (Author), Hesley, Jayne (Author), Soldner, Frank (Contributor), Arndt-Jovin, Donna J. (Author), Jaenisch, Rudolf (Contributor), Langston, J. William (Author), Jovin, Thomas M. (Author), Schüle, Birgitt (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology (Contributor), Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science, 2014-12-23T19:00:29Z.
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