TWiN 30: Gut to brain spread of alpha-synuclein in Parkinson's disease - a podcast by Vincent Racaniello
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TWiN describes experiments demonstrating that gut injection of alpha-synuclein fibrils in mice converts endogenous alpha-synuclein to a pathologic form that spreads to the brain and leads to features of Parkinson’s disease.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Ori Lieberman, Jason Shepherd, Timothy Cheung, and Vivianne Morrison
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- Gut-brain alpha-synuclein transport in PD (Neuron)
- Gut has a mind of its own (Colbert Report)
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