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ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)
SUBMITTER: Fuyuki Kametani
PROVIDER: PXD018434 | JPOST Repository | Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 BST 2020
REPOSITORIES: jPOST
Nature 20200527 7825
Synucleinopathies, which include multiple system atrophy (MSA), Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's disease with dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), are human neurodegenerative diseases<sup>1</sup>. Existing treatments are at best symptomatic. These diseases are characterized by the presence of, and believed to be caused by the formation of, filamentous inclusions of α-synuclein in brain cells<sup>2,3</sup>. However, the structures of α-synuclein filaments from the human brain are unknown ...[more]