Melanocortin 1 receptor activation protects against alpha-synuclein pathologies in models of Parkinson ’s disease

Epidemiological studies suggest a link between the melanoma-related pigmentation gene melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) and risk of Parkinson ’s disease (PD). We previously showed that MC1R signaling can facilitate n...

Source: Molecular Neurodegeneration - February 23, 2022 Category: Neurology Authors: Waijiao Cai, Pranay Srivastava, Danielle Feng, Yue Lin, Charles R. Vanderburg, Yuehang Xu, Pamela Mclean, Matthew P. Frosch, David E. Fisher, Michael A. Schwarzschild and Xiqun Chen Tags: Research article Source Type: research