New animal model created to study Parkinson’s disease before neurodegeneration appears (IMAGE)

Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

New animal model created to study Parkinson’s disease before neurodegeneration appears

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Stages in the developmental cycle of C. elegans RAC1/ced-10 with the period proposed by the research team to study the initial phases of Parkinson’s disease, before the start of neuronal death. (Credit: Progress in Neurobiology).

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Progress in Neurobiology

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