"Synucleins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A family of homologous proteins of low MOLECULAR WEIGHT that are predominately expressed in the BRAIN and that have been implicated in a variety of human diseases. They were originally isolated from CHOLINERGIC FIBERS of TORPEDO.
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D051843
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.631.860
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Synucleins" by people in Profiles.
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APOE e4 increases risk for dementia in pure synucleinopathies. JAMA Neurol. 2013 Feb; 70(2):223-8.
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Rotenone potentiates dopamine neuron loss in animals exposed to lipopolysaccharide prenatally. Exp Neurol. 2004 Dec; 190(2):373-83.
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Decreases in soluble alpha-synuclein in frontal cortex correlate with cognitive decline in the elderly. Neurosci Lett. 2004 Apr 08; 359(1-2):104-8.
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The role of alpha-synuclein in Parkinson's disease: insights from animal models. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2003 Sep; 4(9):727-38.
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Etiology of Parkinson's disease: Genetics and environment revisited. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Oct 29; 99(22):13972-4.