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TRiC subunits enhance BDNF axonal transport and rescue striatal atrophy in Huntington's disease.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 20 Sept 2016
Zhao Xiaobei, Chen Xu-Qiao, Han Eugene, Hu Yue, Paik Paul, Ding Zhiyong, Overman Julia, Lau Alice L, Shahmoradian Sarah H, Chiu Wah, Thompson Leslie M, Wu Chengbiao, Mobley William C
Abstract excerpt
Corticostriatal atrophy is a cardinal manifestation of Huntington's disease (HD). However, the mechanism(s) by which mutant huntingtin (mHTT) protein contributes to the degeneration of the corticostriatal circuit is not well understood. We recreated the corticostriatal circuit in microfluidic chambers, pairing cortical and striatal neurons from the BACHD model of HD and its WT control. There were reduced synaptic...
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