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Gut microbes augment neurodegeneration

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Bacterial residents of the human body often provide beneficial effects, but some can be harmful. The action of gut bacteria has been found to be tightly linked to neurodegeneration in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease.

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Figure 1: A link between gut bacteria and Parkinson's disease.

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  1. Daniel Erny and Marco Prinz are in the Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Neuropathology, University of Freiburg, D-79106 Freiburg, Germany.,

    Daniel Erny & Marco Prinz

  2. D.E. is also in the Berta-Ottenstein programme, University of Freiburg.,

    Daniel Erny

  3. M.P. is also in the BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg.,

    Marco Prinz

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Erny, D., Prinz, M. Gut microbes augment neurodegeneration. Nature 544, 304–305 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature21910

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