Sentences with phrase «synuclein occurs»
Alpha - synuclein occurs naturally in the nervous system, where it plays an important role in synaptic function.
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Researchers believe that this inhibitory process caused by an overabundance of alpha - synuclein is what occurs in the early stages of Parkinson's disease, before morphological changes such as the loss of function and death of neurons begins.
«It is a sort of shepherding effect by alpha - synuclein that occurs away from the synapse itself, and controls the number of synaptic vesicles used in each transmission,» Fusco said.