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Worsening of Huntington disease phenotype in CB1 receptor knockout mice.
Neurobiology of disease - 1 Jun 2011
Mievis Stéphane, Blum David, Ledent Catherine
Abstract excerpt
Huntington's disease (HD) is a progressive neurodegenerative genetic disorder which leads to motor, cognitive and psychiatric disturbances. The primary neuropathological hallmark is atrophy of the striatum. Cannabinoid CB1 receptors (CB1Rs) are particularly enriched in the striatum and previous works indicate their early loss of expression in HD, even before symptom occurrence. However, pathophysiological...
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