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Summary

Abeliovich, A., Schmitz, Y., Fariñas, I., Choi-lundberg, D., Ho, W.-H., Castillo, P. E., Shinsky, N., Manuel, J., Verdugo, G., Armanini, M. P., et al. (2013)

Increased striatal dopamine release and hyperdopaminergic‐like behaviour in mice lacking both alpha‐synuclein and gamma‐synuclein

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Decreased reuptake of dopamine in the dorsal striatum in the absence of alpha-synuclein

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Alterations in the nigrostriatal system following conditional inactivation of α-synuclein in neurons of adult and aging mice

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Elevated tonic extracellular dopamine concentration and altered dopamine modulation of synaptic activity precede dopamine loss in the striatum of mice overexpressing human α‐synuclein

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