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Mouse Model Shows How Parkinson’s Disease Begins in the Gut

Mouse Model Shows How Parkinson’s Disease Begins in the Gut

Transneuronal Propagation of Pathologic α-Synuclein from the Gut to the Brain Models Parkinson’s Disease Published: June 26, 2019 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2019.05.035 Interview with Ted Dawson discussing his lab’s demonstration that misfolded α-synuclein which can move from the stomach to the brain and cause physical and cognitive symptoms.: https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/mouse-model-shows-how-parkinsons-disease-begins-in-the-gut-66048

TREM2 function impedes tau seeding in neuritic plaques

TREM2 function impedes tau seeding in neuritic plaques

Cheryl E. G. Leyns, Maud Gratuze, Sneha Narasimhan, Nimansha Jain, Lauren J. Koscal, Hong Jiang, Melissa Manis, Marco Colonna, Virginia M. Y. Lee, Jason D. Ulrich & David M. Holtzman  Nature Neuroscience (2019) Abstract Variants in the triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) have been associated with increased risk for sporadic, late-onset Alzheimer’s […]