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A Longitudinal Motor Characterisation of the HdhQ111 Mouse Model of Huntington's Disease.
Journal of Huntington's disease - 31 May 2016
Yhnell Emma, Dunnett Stephen B, Brooks Simon P
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BACKGROUND: Huntington's disease (HD) is a rare, incurable neurodegenerative disorder caused by a CAG trinucleotide expansion with the first exon of the huntingtin gene. Numerous knock-in mouse models are currently available for modelling HD. However, before their use in scientific research, these models must be characterised to determine their face and predictive validity as models of the disease and their...
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