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Huntington's disease.
Handbook of experimental pharmacology - 1 Jan 2014
Zuccato Chiara, Cattaneo Elena
Abstract excerpt
Changes in the level and activity of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) have been described in a number of neurodegenerative disorders since early 1990s. However, only in Huntington disease (HD) gain- and loss-of-function experiments have mechanistically linked these abnormalities with the genetic defect.In this chapter we will describe how huntingtin protein, whose mutation causes HD, is involved in the...
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