Proceedings of the Texas A&M Medical Student Grand Rounds

Month: August 2024

The Role of GBA Gene Deficiency in Parkinson’s Disease and Formation of Neurotoxic Lewy Bodies

August 13, 2024 Omar Shalaby
Omar Shalaby  Introduction: Mutations in the GBA gene are implicated in lysosomal storage diseases such as Gaucher disease but may also be important in the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease. Loss of function mutations in the GBA gene, which codes for glucocerebrosidase, have been shown to increase the risk of Parkinson’s…
Neuroscience
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