Parkinson's Paradox: Alpha-synuclein's Selective Strike on SNc Dopamine Neurons over VTA
Leah T. Phan, D Miller, Adithya Gopinath…·Habibeh Khoshbouei
This study shows that alpha-synuclein elevates firing rates and impairs homeostatic regulation in SNc dopamine neurons, but not VTA neurons, before neurodegeneration occurs.