Synucleins and their relationship to Parkinson's disease

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 318, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 163-174

  Von Bohlen und Halbach, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Human; Lewy bodies; Parkinson's disease; Rodent; Song bird; Substantia nigra; Synuclein ( , and )

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; BETA SYNUCLEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LEWY BODY; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; RODENT; SONGBIRD; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; ANIMALS; BETA-SYNUCLEIN; GAMMA-SYNUCLEIN; HUMANS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PARKINSON DISEASE; SYNUCLEINS;

AVES; PASSERI; RODENTIA;

EID: 5444260407     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-004-0921-7     Document Type: Review

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