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SNCA - Toxic gain function

Lewy body dementia

  • Genotype

    SNCA 

  • Mechanism

    Toxic gain function

  • Phenotype

    Motor Coordination, Sleep disturbances, Locomotor activity, Anxiety, Novel object recognition, Spatial learning

  • Biomarker

    α-Synuclein, Phosphorylated α-Synuclein, GFAP

  • Gene Expression Markers

    SNCA, TH, SLC6A3 (DAT), SYP, BECN1

  • Physiology Changes

    EEG - Long Term potentiation amplitude (LTP) and EPSP slope

  • Histology Grading Endpoint

    Lewy body formation and Neuronal loss

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