alpha-Synuclein at the Synaptic Gate

作者:Surmeier D James*
来源:Neuron, 2010, 65(1): 3-4.
DOI:10.1016/j.neuron.2009.12.030

摘要

Only doubling or tripling alpha-synuclein expression significantly increases the risk of developing Parkinson's disease. In this issue of Neuron, Nemani et al. show that this modest overexpression of alpha-synuclein does not lead to obvious toxicity in the near term, but impairs glutamate and dopamine release, potentially leading to broad network dysfunction and eventual pathology.