In ALS motor neurons, chronic ISR activation via eIF2α phosphorylation creates a pathological state that represses axonal protein synthesis below the threshold needed for synaptic maintenance. Analogously, in Parkinson's disease, α-synuclein aggregation, mitochondrial dysfunction, and ER stress may chronically activate PERK/GCN2/PKR, driving eIF2α~P that suppresses axonal translation in nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons. This ISR overflow could repress synthesis of synaptic proteins required fo
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Mechanistic
0.65
Evidence
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Novelty
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Chronic ISR Activation Repress
Mechanistic
0.650
Evidence
0.600
Novelty
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KG Connect
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Evidence
Chronic ISR Activation Represses Axonal Protein Synthesis in