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Regional levels of physiological α-synuclein are directly associated with Lewy body pathology

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Tissue for this study was provided by Newcastle Brain Tissue Resource, which is funded in part by a grant from the UK Medical Research Council and by Brains for Dementia Research, a joint venture between Alzheimer’s Society and Alzheimer’s Research UK. D.E. is funded by Alzheimer’s Research UK.

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  1. Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 5PL, UK

    Daniel Erskine, Lina Patterson, Athanasios Alexandris, Ian G. McKeith, Johannes Attems & Christopher M. Morris

  2. Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

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Erskine, D., Patterson, L., Alexandris, A. et al. Regional levels of physiological α-synuclein are directly associated with Lewy body pathology. Acta Neuropathol 135, 153–154 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-017-1787-6

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