SNCA and synucleinopathy: These and other neurodegenerative dementia in the family of the α-synucleinopathies are characterized by the presence of cytoplasmic inclusions of fibrillary α-synuclein, called Lewy bodies (LB) and Lewy neurites (LN) [64], that are commonly found in neurons but have also been reported in astrocytes [11, 19, 68].