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Selective degeneration and nuclear localization of mutant huntingtin in the YAC128 mouse model of Huntington disease.
Human molecular genetics - 15 Dec 2005
Van Raamsdonk Jeremy M, Murphy Zoe, Slow Elizabeth J, Leavitt Blair R, Hayden Michael R
Abstract excerpt
Huntington disease (HD) is an adult onset neurodegenerative disorder that predominantly affects the striatum and cortex despite ubiquitous expression of mutant huntingtin (htt). Here we demonstrate that this pattern of selective degeneration is present in the YAC128 mouse model of HD. At 12 months, YAC128 mice show significant atrophy in the striatum, globus pallidus and cortex with relative sparing of the...
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