α-Synuclein-mediated neurodegeneration in Dementia with Lewy bodies: the pathobiology of a paradox

Abstract Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is epitomized by the pathognomonic manifestation of α-synuclein-laden Lewy bodies within selectively vulnerable neurons in the brain. By virtue of prion-like inheritance, the α-synuclein protein inexorably undergoes extensive conformational metamorphoses and...

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Main Authors: Christopher Simon, Tomoko Soga, Hirotaka James Okano, Ishwar Parhar
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: BMC 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/132f2e779abe473f8e4a5e4bfd3b76e0
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