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The IGF-I amino-terminal tripeptide glycine-proline-glutamate (GPE) is neuroprotective to striatum in the quinolinic acid lesion animal model of Huntington's disease.
Experimental neurology - 1 Sept 1999
Alexi T, Hughes P E, van Roon-Mom W M, Faull R L, Williams C E, Clark R G, Gluckman P D
Abstract excerpt
Huntington's disease is an incurable genetic neurological disorder characterized by the relatively selective degeneration of the striatum. Lesioning of the striatum in rodents using the excitatory amino acid agonist, quinolinic acid (QA), effectively mimics the human neuropathology seen in Huntington's disease. Using this animal model of Huntington's disease, we investigated the ability of the insulin-like growth...
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