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Footprints of a microbial toxin from the gut microbiome to mesencephalic mitoch...
Esteves, A. Raquel; Munoz-Pinto, Mário F.; Nunes-Costa, Daniela; Candeias, Emanuel; Silva, Diana F.; Magalhães, João D.; Pereira-Santos, A. RaquelIdiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterised by alpha-synuclein (aSyn) aggregation and death of dopaminergic neurons in the midbrain. Recent evidence posits that PD may initiate in the gut by microbes or their toxins that promote chronic gut inflammation that will ultimately impact the brain. In this work, we sought to demonstrate that the effects of the microbial toxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) ...
Date: 2021
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Origin: Estudo Geral - Universidade de Coimbra