Our results are consistent with the increased miR-96-5p expression in the transgenic myelin basic protein (MBP) mouse model of MSA and post-mortem brain tissue from MSA patients (Ubhi et al., 2014; Schafferer et al., 2016) while miR-96-5p has not previously been studied in PD. The gene discussed is MBP; the disease is Parkinson disease.