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SUBMITTER: Moussaud S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4230508 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Moussaud Simon S Jones Daryl R DR Moussaud-Lamodière Elisabeth L EL Delenclos Marion M Ross Owen A OA McLean Pamela J PJ
Molecular neurodegeneration 20141029
The accumulation of α-synuclein aggregates is the hallmark of Parkinson's disease, and more generally of synucleinopathies. The accumulation of tau aggregates however is classically found in the brains of patients with dementia, and this type of neuropathological feature specifically defines the tauopathies. Nevertheless, in numerous cases α-synuclein positive inclusions are also described in tauopathies and vice versa, suggesting a co-existence or crosstalk of these proteinopathies. Interesting ...[more]