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Enhanced Ca(2+)-dependent glutamate release from astrocytes of the BACHD Huntington's disease mouse model.
Neurobiology of disease - 1 Oct 2013
Lee William, Reyes Reno C, Gottipati Manoj K, Lewis Karon, Lesort Mathieu, Parpura Vladimir, Gray Michelle
Abstract excerpt
Huntington's disease (HD) causes preferential loss of a subset of neurons in the brain although the huntingtin protein is expressed broadly in various neural cell types, including astrocytes. Glutamate-mediated excitotoxicity is thought to cause selective neuronal injury, and brain astrocytes hav...
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