This paper seems to be interesting, revealing an absolute requirement for intracellular delivery of the fibrillated alpha-synuclein to induce Lewy-body like inclusions. The cell-to-cell communication requires intracellular seeding, which is, however, revealing a pattern similar to prion proteins. Hence the question arises whether alpha-synuclein acts like a prion.

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