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Back to EpisodesHow do abnormal proteins get into the brain in Parkinson’s disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Published 11 months ago
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Abundant evidence points to a protein called alpha synuclein in causing the range of symptoms seen in Parkinson’s disease, with the condition progressing as it travels up to the brain. Johns Hopkins neurologist Liana Rosenthal describes the process. Rosenthal: Alpha …