Parkinson's disease protein gums up garbage disposal system in cells
Thursday, March 28, 2013 - 18:30
in Health & Medicine
This shows lewy bodies. Brown spots are immunostaining using an antibody specifically recognizing an abnormal form of alpha-synuclein. Clumps of α-synuclein protein in nerve cells are hallmarks of many degenerative brain diseases, most notably Parkinson's disease.