About Matt Farrer
My training is in molecular and statistical genetics, and I have developed expertise in neuroscience. My career ambition has been to identify and understand the molecular etiology and ontology of parkinsonism. My objective is to find its component parts and see how those operate together. In this I am grateful for the help and perspective of many patients and families, and their empathetic neurologists, from many parts of the world.
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Both Vp35 p.D620N and LRRK2 pathogenic variants cause late-onset, familial Parkinson's disease. In vivo, we show Vps35 p.D620N activates LRRK2 kinase activity, impairs the recycling and physiologic function of the dopamine transporter (DAT), and can be rescued by LRRK2 kinase inhibitors.