An extracellular mechanism that can explain the neur effects of α-synuclein aggregates in the brain

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 3 JUL, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Pacheco, C ^a   Aguayo, L G ^a   Opazo, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Extracellular synuclein aggregates; Neurodegeneration; Parkinson's disease; Perforation; Plasma membrane; Pore

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866436990     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00297     Document Type: Article

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