Browsing Faculty of Natural Sciences by Author "Bardien, Soraya"
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Patient-Control Association Study of the Leucine-Rich Repeat Kinase 2 (LRRK2) Gene in South African Parkinson's Disease Patients
Bardien, Soraya; Blanckenberg, Janine; van der Merwe, Lize; Farrer, Matthew J.; Ross, Owen A. (National Institute of Health, 2013)The leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) gene is of interest to Parkinson's disease (PD) as it has been implicated in both familial and sporadic forms of the disorder.1 PD-susceptibility alleles in LRRK2 appear to be ... -
Rutin as a potent antioxidant: implications for neurodegenerative disorders
Enogieru, Adaze Bijou; Haylett, William; Hiss, Donavon Charles; Bardien, Soraya; Ekpo, Okobi Eko (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2018)A wide range of neurodegenerative diseases (NDs), including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, and prion diseases, share common mechanisms such as neuronal loss, apoptosis, mitochondrial ...