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Expression of mutated huntingtin fragment in the putamen is sufficient to produce abnormal movement in non-human primates.
Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy - 1 Aug 2007
Palfi Stéphane, Brouillet Emmanuel, Jarraya Béchir, Bloch Jocelyne, Jan Caroline, Shin Masahiro, Condé Françoise, Li Xiao-Jiang, Aebischer Patrick, Hantraye Philippe, Déglon Nicole
Abstract excerpt
Huntington's disease (HD) is a neurological disorder characterized by striatal degeneration, motor symptoms and complex neuropsychiatric alterations. There is currently no genetic model of HD in non-human primates (NHPs). In this study we investigated neuropathological and behavioral changes following injections of lentiviral vectors encoding a fragment of mutated huntingtin (Htt171-82Q) into the dorsolateral...
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