NeuroscienceMovement DisordersPeer-reviewed
Nicotine-mediated rescue of α-synuclein toxicity requires synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2
Abby L. Olsen, Sabrina G. Clemens, Mel Β. Feany
The paper investigates how nicotine interacts with the SV2 gene to mitigate α-synuclein toxicity in a Drosophila model of Parkinson's disease, showing that SV2 is necessary for nicotine's protective effect.
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