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Fig. 4

From: Neuronal response in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease: the effect of toxic proteins on intracellular pathways

Fig. 4

α-Syn in normal condition binds to synaptic vesicle membrane and also v-SNARE. v-SNARE assembly to t-SNARE creates SNARE complex and results in synaptic vesicle fusion to cell membrane and neurotransmitter release. α-Syn clusters synaptic vesicles in the axonal terminal and produces a high concentration of presynaptic vesicles at a certain area of plasma membrane. Vesicular α-Syn also binds to early endosomes and facilitates neurotransmitter refilling of vesicles. α-Syn accumulation/fibrilation inhibits vesicular refilling, blocks SNARE complex formation and reduces the number of docking neurotransmitter vesicles

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