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Editorial
. 2020 Feb 20:14:116.
doi: 10.3389/fnins.2020.00116. eCollection 2020.

Editorial: The Protein Alpha-Synuclein: Its Normal Role (in Neurons) and Its Role in Disease

Ruth G Perez  1
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Editorial: The Protein Alpha-Synuclein: Its Normal Role (in Neurons) and Its Role in Disease

Ruth G Perez. Front Neurosci. .
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Keywords: Parkinson's disease; alpha-synuclein aggregation; alpha-synuclein function; neurodegeneration; synucleinopathies.

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