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Effects of chronic stress on the onset and progression of Huntington's disease in transgenic mice.
Neurobiology of disease - 1 Nov 2014
Mo Christina, Renoir Thibault, Hannan Anthony J
Abstract excerpt
Huntington's disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disease caused by a tandem repeat mutation encoding an expanded polyglutamine tract. Our previous work showed that memory deficits in HD transgenic mice could be accelerated by increased levels of stress hormone, while memory in WT mice remained unaffected. HD patients experience higher levels of stress compared to the general population and symptoms of HD also...
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