Mechanisms of alpha-synuclein action on neurotransmission: Cell-autonomous and non-cell autonomous role

Biomolecules

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 865-892

  Emanuele, Marco ^a   Chieregatti, Evelina ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpha synuclein; Calcium entry; Exo endocytosis; Lipid microdomains; Non cell autonomous

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN;

AMPEROMETRY; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; EXOCYTOSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTERNALIZATION; NEUROSECRETION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SYNAPSE VESICLE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PARKINSON DISEASE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA;

ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; ANIMALS; EXOCYTOSIS; HUMANS; PARKINSON DISEASE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 85012081789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2218273X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/biom5020865     Document Type: Review

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