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Corticosterone dysregulation exacerbates disease progression in the R6/2 transgenic mouse model of Huntington's disease.
Experimental neurology - 1 Sept 2016
Dufour Brett D, McBride Jodi L
Abstract excerpt
Huntington's disease (HD) is a genetic neurological disorder that causes severe and progressive motor, cognitive, psychiatric, and metabolic symptoms. There is a robust, significant elevation in circulating levels of the stress hormone, cortisol, in HD patients; however, the causes and consequences of this elevation are largely uncharacterized. Here, we evaluated whether elevated levels of corticosterone, the...
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