Mutations in the ␣-synuclein gene (SNCA) in the Contursi kindred (1) implicated this gene in Parkinson's disease (PD). Subsequently, ␣synuclein was identified as the major component of Lewy bodies, the pathological hallmark of PD, and of glial cell cytoplasmic inclusions (2).
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