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Selective striatal mtDNA depletion in end-stage Huntington's disease R6/2 mice.
Experimental neurology - 1 Apr 2015
Hering Tanja, Birth Nathalie, Taanman Jan-Willem, Orth Michael
Abstract excerpt
In Huntington's disease (HD) the striatum and cortex seem particularly vulnerable. Mitochondrial dysfunction can also cause neurodegeneration with prominent striatal involvement very similar to HD. We first examined if mitochondrial biogenesis, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) transcription, and the implications for mitochondrial respiratory chain (MRC) assembly and function differ between the striatum and cortex...
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