… grown in a dish. Specifically, we will compare astrocytes from models with and without a LRRK2 mutation. We will also study human astrocytes and neurons derived from patients who have a LRRK2 mutation.  These experiments …

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… nervous system includes all of the nerves that branch out from the brain and spinal cord and extend to other parts of … in the central nervous system called microglia isolated from models. We will challenge these cells with forms of …

… technologies to analyze peripheral blood and urine samples from two populations: people with a genetic form of PD and … of several hundred peripheral blood and urine samples from people carrying genetic changes in PD-associated genes …

… lead to disease. Technology allows cells harvested from blood samples of people with PD to be converted into … we will take cell lines that were previously produced from blood samples donated by participants in the …