Parkinson’s Disease: A Prionopathy?
The principal pathogenic event in Parkinson’s disease is characterized by the conformational change of α-synuclein, which form pathological aggregates of misfolded proteins, and then accumulate in intraneuronal inclusions causing dopaminergic neuronal loss in specific brain regions. Over the last few years, a revolutionary theory has correlated Parkinson’s disease and other neurological disorders with a shared […]
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