α-Synuclein Facilitates Spontaneous Dopamine Release in a Calcium- and Phosphorylation-Dependent Manner
Yuqing Feng, Amberley D. Stephens, Pedro Vallejo Ramirez, Eugene V. Mosharov, Alfonso De Simone, Giuliana Fusco, Stanislaw Makarchuk, Marius Brockhoff, Ana Fernández‐Villegas, Colin Hockings, Edward Ward, Pedro Magalhães, Senthil Kumar, Nino F. Läubli, Hilal Ahmed Lashuel, , Gabriele S. Kaminski Schierle
This study shows α-synuclein modulates spontaneous dopamine release via calcium and phosphorylation-dependent mechanisms, independent of full-fusion recycling.
bioRxiv · Apr 22, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience