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Cognitive deficits in transgenic and knock-in HTT mice parallel those in Huntington's disease.
Journal of Huntington's disease - 1 Jan 2014
Farrar Andrew M, Murphy Carol A, Paterson Neil E, Oakeshott Stephen, He Dansha, Alosio William, McConnell Kristi, Menalled Liliana B, Ramboz Sylvie, Park Larry C, Howland David, Brunner Dani
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BACKGROUND: Huntington's disease (HD) is characterized not only by severe motor deficits but also by early cognitive dysfunction that significantly increases the burden of the disease for patients and caregivers. Considerable efforts have concentrated, therefore, on the assessment of cognitive deficits in some HD mouse models. However, many of these models that exhibit cognitive deficits also have contemporaneous...
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