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Control of Huntington's Disease-Associated Phenotypes by the Striatum-Enriched Transcription Factor Foxp2.
Cell reports - 5 Dec 2017
Hachigian Lea J, Carmona Vitor, Fenster Robert J, Kulicke Ruth, Heilbut Adrian, Sittler Annie, Pereira de Almeida Luís, Mesirov Jill P, Gao Fan, Kolaczyk Eric D, Heiman Myriam
Abstract excerpt
Alteration of corticostriatal glutamatergic function is an early pathophysiological change associated with Huntington's disease (HD). The factors that regulate the maintenance of corticostriatal glutamatergic synapses post-developmentally are not well understood. Recently, the striatum-enriched transcription factor Foxp2 was implicated in the development of these synapses. Here, we show that, in mice,...
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