Metabolic rescue of α-synuclein-induced neurodegeneration through propionate supplementation and intestine-neuron signaling in C. elegans
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ORGANISM(S): Caenorhabditis elegans
PROVIDER: GSE230786 | GEO | 2023/04/28
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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