Sabotage by the brain's supporting cells helps fuel neurodegeneration.

Walker, Lary C · Nature · 2018

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Several neurodegenerative disorders are linked to the build-up of abnormal α-synuclein protein in distinct cell types. It emerges that differing intracellular factors dictate the properties of α-synuclein in each cell type.

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