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Solving the
Parkinson’s
puzzle
Cross-disciplinary duo
from Carleton pioneer
a new approach to
stopping the devastating
neurodegenerative disease
In nearly every case of Parkinson’s
disease, a brain protein called
alpha-synuclein — the bright
spots in this microscope image
of a mouse brain — aggregates
into clumps of spaghetti-like
filaments that, researchers believe, By Joseph Mathieu
lead to decreases in dopamine
and symptoms such as slow Photo by Blazej Marczak
movements, tremors and rigidity.
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