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Selective discrimination learning impairments in mice expressing the human Huntington's disease mutation.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 1 Dec 1999
Lione L A, Carter R J, Hunt M J, Bates G P, Morton A J, Dunnett S B
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Cognitive decline is apparent in the early stages of Huntington's disease and progressively worsens throughout the course of the disease. Expression of the human Huntington's disease mutation in mice (R6/2 line) causes a progressive neurological phenotype with motor symptoms resembling those seen in Huntington's disease. Here we describe the cognitive performance of R6/2 mice using four different tests (Morris...
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