Proteins form the building blocks of life, but when they form unusual clumps inside the brain, they raise an alarm that ...

Could synucleinopathies start in the kidneys? In the January 23 Nature Neuroscience, scientists led by Zhentao Zhang at Wuhan University, China, report that, in people with Parkinson’s and Lewy body ...

Researchers have used computational models to understand what drives the accumulation of alpha-synuclein protein, a key culprit in the development of Parkinson’s disease. The study, published today as ...

For synucleinopathies, which include Parkinson’s disease, multiple system atrophy, and dementia with Lewy bodies, scientists currently have no way to slow the underlying disease progression. Many ...