A Gut Bacterial Amyloid Promotes α-Synuclein Aggregation and Motor Impairment in Mice
| Authors | Timothy R Sampson , Collin Challis , Neha Jain , Anastasiya Moiseyenko , Mark S Ladinsky , Gauri G Shastri , Taren Thron , Brittany D Needham , Istvan Horvath , Justine W Debelius , Stefan Janssen , Rob Knight , Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede , Viviana Gradinaru , Matthew Chapman , Sarkis K Mazmanian |
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| Details | Timothy R Sampson et al; Elife; 2020 |
| DOI | 10.7554/eLife.53111 |
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| Source | View on PubMed |
Wow… it’s both fascinating and terrifying to think that the bacteria in your gut could cause such long-lasting effects on your brain. It turns out their aggregates are contagious too.