PD Protein Gums up Cell Garbage Disposal System (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

PD Protein Gums up Cell Garbage Disposal System

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This shows lewy bodies. Brown spots are immunostaining using an antibody specifically recognizing an abnormal form of alpha-synuclein.

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Kelvin C. Luk, Ph.D., Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

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