Shining a light on protein aggregation in Parkinson’s disease (IMAGE)

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Shining a light on protein aggregation in Parkinson’s disease

Caption

The image shows human iPSC-derived neuron overexpressing LIPA-α-synuclein construct. Upon light exposure, we observe the formation of LIPA-α-synuclein aggregates (green) in the soma and the neuron processes (MAP2; magenta).

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Maxime Teixeira (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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