title: Alpha-synuclein and presynaptic function: implications for Parkinson's disease.
abstract: This article focuses on alpha-synuclein's role in normal and pathological axonal and presynaptic functions and its relationship to Parkinson's disease. It is not possible to mention all the contributions to aspects of this area. Readers interested in alpha-synuclein's relation to aggregation, Lewy lesions, and pathological modifications are referred to the many reviews (see Goldberg and Lansbury 2000; Galvin 2001a; Goedert 2001).
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Biochemistry, Aarhus University, Denmark.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lykkebo
authors.forename: Poul Henning
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Jensen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002451:Cell Compartmentation / Q000502:physiology; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D006801:Humans; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000235:genetics; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D017729:Presynaptic Terminals / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D051843:Synucleins; D051844:alpha-Synuclein
chemical_list: D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; C497604:SNCA protein, human; D051843:Synucleins; D051844:alpha-Synuclein; D004298:Dopamine