Nigrostriatal overabundance of α-synuclein leads to decreased vesicle density and deficits in dopamine release that correlate with reduced motor activity

Functional Alterations to the Nigrostriatal System in Mice Lacking All Three Members of the Synuclein Family

(2011) S. Anwar et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

A Rat Model of Progressive Nigral Neurodegeneration Induced by the Parkinson's Disease-Associated G2019S Mutation in LRRK2

(2011) J. Dusonchet et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

In vivo demonstration that  -synuclein oligomers are toxic

(2011) B. Winner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Errata

(2010) Kay Seidel et al.   ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY

α-Synuclein: Membrane Interactions and Toxicity in Parkinson's Disease

(2010) Pavan K. Auluck et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

SNARE protein redistribution and synaptic failure in a transgenic mouse model of Parkinson’s disease

(2010) Pablo Garcia-Reitböck et al.   BRAIN

A Pathologic Cascade Leading to Synaptic Dysfunction in  -Synuclein-Induced Neurodegeneration

(2010) D. A. Scott et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

α-Synuclein Expression in Rat Substantia Nigra Suppresses Phospholipase D2 Toxicity and Nigral Neurodegeneration

(2010) Oleg S Gorbatyuk et al.   MOLECULAR THERAPY

Increased Expression of α-Synuclein Reduces Neurotransmitter Release by Inhibiting Synaptic Vesicle Reclustering after Endocytosis

(2010) Venu M. Nemani et al.   NEURON

 -Synuclein Promotes SNARE-Complex Assembly in Vivo and in Vitro

(2010) J. Burre et al.   SCIENCE

Detection of elevated levels of soluble  -synuclein oligomers in post-mortem brain extracts from patients with dementia with Lewy bodies

(2009) K. E. Paleologou et al.   BRAIN

Compounds from an unbiased chemical screen reverse both ER-to-Golgi trafficking defects and mitochondrial dysfunction in Parkinson's disease models

(2009) L. J. Su et al.   Disease Models & Mechanisms

The First N-terminal Amino Acids of α-Synuclein Are Essential for α-Helical Structure Formation In Vitro and Membrane Binding in Yeast

(2009) Katherina Vamvaca et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Dynamic Changes in Presynaptic and Axonal Transport Proteins Combined with Striatal Neuroinflammation Precede Dopaminergic Neuronal Loss in a Rat Model of AAV  -Synucleinopathy

(2009) C. Y. Chung et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Genome-wide association study identifies common variants at four loci as genetic risk factors for Parkinson's disease

(2009) Wataru Satake et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Genome-wide association study reveals genetic risk underlying Parkinson's disease

(2009) Javier Simón-Sánchez et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Targeted overexpression of the parkin substrate Pael-R in the nigrostriatal system of adult rats to model Parkinson's disease

(2009) Julien Dusonchet et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE

Increased striatal dopamine release and hyperdopaminergic-like behaviour in mice lacking both alpha-synuclein and gamma-synuclein

(2008) Steven L. Senior et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Serial Section Scanning Electron Microscopy of Adult Brain Tissue Using Focused Ion Beam Milling

(2008) G. Knott et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

The phosphorylation state of Ser-129 in human  -synuclein determines neurodegeneration in a rat model of Parkinson disease

(2008) O. S. Gorbatyuk et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA