MeSH definition : Neurodegenerative disorders involving deposition of abnormal ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN in dopaminergic
neurons and glial cells in the brain. Pathological aggregations of alpha-synuclein
proteins results in LEWY BODIES and Lewy neurites; melanin granules in the SUBSTANTIA
NIGRA and LOCUS COERULEUS; and glial cytoplasmic inclusions. Synucleinopathies are
associated with mutation in the ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN (SNCA) gene on chromosome 4. PARKINSON
DISEASE; LEWY BODY DISEASE with dementia; and MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY are prominent
examples of synucleinopathy.;
Neurodegenerative disorders involving deposition of abnormal ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN in dopaminergic
neurons and glial cells in the brain. Pathological aggregations of alpha-synuclein
proteins results in LEWY BODIES and Lewy neurites; melanin granules in the SUBSTANTIA
NIGRA and LOCUS COERULEUS; and glial cytoplasmic inclusions. Synucleinopathies are
associated with mutation in the ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN (SNCA) gene on chromosome 4. PARKINSON
DISEASE; LEWY BODY DISEASE with dementia; and MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY are prominent
examples of synucleinopathy.