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Chapter 11 - Our Living Dissonance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2020

Alberto Espay  and
Benjamin Stecher
Alberto Espay
Affiliation:
University of Cincinnati
Benjamin Stecher
Affiliation:
Educational Consultant and Healthcare Advocate
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Summary

Mutations in the alpha-synuclein gene cause Parkinson’s disease. In patients with these mutations, alpha-synuclein aggregate and literally choke the neurons to death.

Parkinson’s is a collection of many genetic and non-genetic diseases that accumulate alpha-synuclein. Because alpha-synuclein gene mutations cause Parkinson’s, and because clumps of it are found in almost every brain of individuals diagnosed with Parkinson’s, alpha-synuclein aggregation must be the universal cause of Parkinson’s disease.

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Brain Fables
The Hidden History of Neurodegenerative Diseases and a Blueprint to Conquer Them
 , pp. 105 - 110
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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