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Transgenic mouse models of Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease.
CNS & neurological disorders drug targets - 1 Aug 2010
Skaper Stephen D, Giusti Pietro
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic progressive neurodegenerative movement disorder characterized by a profound and selective loss of nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons. Another neurodegenerative disorder, Huntington's disease (HD), is characterized by striking movement abnormalities and the loss of medium-sized spiny neurons in the striatum. Current medications only provide symptomatic relief and fail to halt...
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