New 'mouse models' give insight to gene mutation that is potential cause of Parkinson's disease
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 09:35
in Biology & Nature
Using new one-of-a-kind "mouse models" that promise to have a significant impact on future Parkinson's disease research, researchers are discovering how mutations in a gene called LRRK2 may cause inherited (or "familial") Parkinson's disease, the most common form of the disease.