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Interaction of postsynaptic density protein-95 with NMDA receptors influences excitotoxicity in the yeast artificial chromosome mouse model of Huntington's disease.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 2 Sept 2009
Fan Jing, Cowan Catherine M, Zhang Lily Y J, Hayden Michael R, Raymond Lynn A
Abstract excerpt
Evidence suggests that NMDA-type glutamate receptors contribute to degeneration of striatal medium-sized spiny neurons (MSNs) in Huntington's disease (HD). Previously, we demonstrated that NMDA receptor (NMDAR)-mediated current and/or toxicity is increased in MSNs from the yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) transgenic mouse model expressing polyglutamine (polyQ)-expanded (mutant) full-length human huntingtin...
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