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Relationship between BDNF expression in major striatal afferents, striatum morphology and motor behavior in the R6/2 mouse model of Huntington's disease.
Genes, brain, and behavior - 1 Feb 2013
Samadi P, Boutet A, Rymar V V, Rawal K, Maheux J, Kvann J-C, Tomaszewski M, Beaubien F, Cloutier J F, Levesque D, Sadikot A F
Abstract excerpt
Patients with Huntington's disease (HD) and transgenic mouse models of HD show neuronal loss in the striatum as a major feature, which contributes to cognitive and motor manifestations. Reduced expression of the neurotrophin brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in striatal afferents may play a role in neuronal loss. How progressive loss of BDNF expression in different cortical or subcortical afferents...
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