| Literature DB >> 19503083 |
Yanping Li1, Wencheng Liu, Tinmarla F Oo, Lei Wang, Yi Tang, Vernice Jackson-Lewis, Chun Zhou, Kindiya Geghman, Mikhail Bogdanov, Serge Przedborski, M Flint Beal, Robert E Burke, Chenjian Li.
Abstract
Mutations in leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) are the most common genetic cause of Parkinson's disease. We created a LRRK2 transgenic mouse model that recapitulates cardinal features of the disease: an age-dependent and levodopa-responsive slowness of movement associated with diminished dopamine release and axonal pathology of nigrostriatal dopaminergic projection. These mice provide a valid model of Parkinson's disease and are a resource for the investigation of pathogenesis and therapeutics.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19503083 PMCID: PMC2845930 DOI: 10.1038/nn.2349
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Neurosci ISSN: 1097-6256 Impact factor: 24.884