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Early retinal function deficit without prominent morphological changes in the R6/2 mouse model of Huntington's disease.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Ragauskas Symantas, Leinonen Henri, Puranen Jooseppi, Rönkkö Seppo, Nymark Soile, Gurevicius Kestutis, Lipponen Arto, Kontkanen Outi, Puoliväli Jukka, Tanila Heikki, Kalesnykas Giedrius
Abstract excerpt
Huntington's disease (HD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disorder that primarily affects the medium-size GABAergic neurons of striatum. The R6/2 mouse line is one of the most widely used animal models of HD. Previously the hallmarks of HD-related pathology have been detected in photoreceptors...
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