A tango for two: Dopamine and α-synuclein synergy may explain nigrostriatal degeneration in Parkinson's disease
Mov Disord
.
2018 Feb;33(2):249.
doi: 10.1002/mds.27248.
Epub 2018 Jan 22.
Authors
Vivian Chen
1
,
Sara Saez-Atienzar
2
Affiliations
1
Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
2
Transgenics Section, Laboratory of Neurogenetics, NIA, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
PMID:
29356152
PMCID:
PMC5906791
DOI:
10.1002/mds.27248
No abstract available
Keywords:
A53T mutant; C. elegans; dopamine; dopaminergic cell death; α-synuclein.
Publication types
Comment
MeSH terms
Dopamine*
Dopaminergic Neurons
Humans
Parkinson Disease
Substantia Nigra
alpha-Synuclein*
Substances
alpha-Synuclein
Dopamine
Grants and funding
Z99 AG999999/Intramural NIH HHS/United States