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Proteins important in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease travel in the slow lane
04-17-2007 · EurekAlert!Using a novel video-imaging system, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have been able to observe proteins important in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease moving along axons, extensions of nerve cells that carry proteins away from the cell body. Understanding this process of axonal transport is important for studying many neurodegenerative diseases.
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