Gut microbes augment neurodegeneration

Daniel Erny and Marco Prinz ()
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Daniel Erny: Daniel Erny and Marco Prinz are in the Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Neuropathology, University of Freiburg, D-79106 Freiburg, Germany.
Marco Prinz: Daniel Erny and Marco Prinz are in the Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Neuropathology, University of Freiburg, D-79106 Freiburg, Germany.

Nature, 2017, vol. 544, issue 7650, 304-305

Abstract: Bacterial residents of the human body often provide beneficial effects, but some can be harmful. The action of gut bacteria has been found to be tightly linked to neurodegeneration in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1038/nature21910

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