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Richard Leckey
Researcher at Dalhousie University
Publications - 1
Citations - 43
Richard Leckey is an academic researcher from Dalhousie University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ataxia & Chromosomal region. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 36 citations.
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VAMP1 Mutation Causes Dominant Hereditary Spastic Ataxia in Newfoundland Families
Cynthia V. Bourassa,Inge A. Meijer,Nancy D. Merner,Kanwal K. Grewal,Mark Stefanelli,Kathleen A. Hodgkinson,Elizabeth Ives,William Pryse-Phillips,Mandar Jog,Kym M. Boycott,David Grimes,Sharan Goobie,Richard Leckey,Patrick A. Dion,Guy A. Rouleau +14 more
TL;DR: This report identifies vesicle-associated membrane protein 1 (VAMP1), which encodes a critical protein for synaptic exocytosis, as the responsible gene for dominantly inherited hereditary spastic ataxia in three large Newfoundland families.