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Endogenous alpha-synuclein influences the number of dopaminergic neurons in mouse substantia nigra.
Garcia-Reitboeck P, Anichtchik O, Dalley JW, Ninkina N, Tofaris GK, Buchman VL, Spillantini MG
Abstract:
.....We show that the presence of endogenous mouse α-synuclein leads to higher number of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra of wild-type C57Bl/6J mice compared with C57Bl/6S mice with a spontaneous deletion of the α-synuclein gene or C57Bl/6J mice with a targeted deletion of the α-synuclein gene. This effect of α-synuclein on dopaminergic neuron occurs during development between E10.5 and E13.5 and persists in adult life supporting the involvement of α-synuclein in the development of a subset of dopaminergic neurons.
