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This study was supported by NINDS R01-NS089622 (BG) and R01-NS092788 (DB).
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Sacino, A.N., Ayers, J.I., Brooks, M.M.T. et al. Non-prion-type transmission in A53T α-synuclein transgenic mice: a normal component of spinal homogenates from naïve non-transgenic mice induces robust α-synuclein pathology. Acta Neuropathol 131, 151–154 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-015-1505-1
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