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Impaired intracellular trafficking defines early Parkinson's disease

PD is a common neurodegenerative disease characterised by insidious deterioration of motor control, often associated with mood, sleep, and cognitive disturbances [1]. Over 1% of all people over the age of 65 suffer from PD [2]. Similarly to other neurodegenerative diseases, age is a key risk factor and by 2030, an estimated 9 million people worldwide will be living with PD [3]. PD carries a significant economic cost, including direct and indirect health care costs, and lost productivity [4], estimated annually at £500 million per year in the UK, and $6 billion in the USA [5,6].

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