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Pharmacological prevention of Parkinson disease in Drosophila

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Figure 1: Geldanamycin treatment prevents dopaminergic cell loss in α-synuclein transgenic flies.

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  1. Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania and University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Pavan K. Auluck & Nancy M. Bonini

  2. Department of Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute University of Pennsylvania and University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Nancy M. Bonini

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Auluck, P., Bonini, N. Pharmacological prevention of Parkinson disease in Drosophila. Nat Med 8, 1185–1186 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm1102-1185

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