Defective synaptic connectivity and axonal neuropathology in a human iPSC-based model of familial Parkinson’s disease [Neuroscience]

α-Synuclein (αSyn) is the major gene linked to sporadic Parkinson's disease (PD), whereas the G209A (p.A53T) αSyn mutation causes a familial form of PD characterized by early onset and a generally severe phenotype, including nonmotor manifestations. Here we generated de novo induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from patients harboring the...

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