Brain-to-stomach transfer of α-synuclein via vagal preganglionic projections

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 381-393

  Ulusoy, Ayse ^a   Phillips, Robert J ^b   Helwig, Michael ^a   Klinkenberg, Michael ^a   Powley, Terry L ^b   Di Monte, Donato A ^a  

^a GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adeno associated virus; Enteric nervous system; Parkinson s disease; Rat; Synucleinopathies; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SNCA PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NERVE ENDING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NODOSE GANGLION; NONHUMAN; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT; STOMACH; STOMACH WALL; VAGUS NERVE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME FACTOR;

ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC FIBERS, PREGANGLIONIC; BRAIN; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; NEURONS; NODOSE GANGLION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; STOMACH; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 85007162635     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: 14320533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-016-1661-y     Document Type: Article

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