Researchers at NIMHANS, Bengaluru have shed new light on early molecular events that may trigger Parkinsonโ€™s Disease (PD), proposing a shift from conventional theory that has guided drug development for decades.

Their study has suggested that disease-specific chemical changes in ฮฑ-Synuclein (ฮฑSyn) โ€” a protein strongly linked to Parkinsonโ€™s โ€” may promote the trapping of various cellular proteins, seeding the formation of Lewy bodies (protein deposits in the brainโ€™s nerve cells) much before visible protein aggregates appear.

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