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Rapid and robust patterns of spontaneous locomotor deficits in mouse models of Huntington's disease.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2020
Heikkinen Taneli, Bragge Timo, Bhattarai Niina, Parkkari Teija, Puoliväli Jukka, Kontkanen Outi, Sweeney Patrick, Park Larry C, Munoz-Sanjuan Ignacio
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Huntington's disease (HD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disorder characterized by severe disruption of cognitive and motor functions, including changes in posture and gait. A number of HD mouse models have been engineered that display behavioral and neuropathological features of the disease, but gait alterations in these models are poorly characterized. Sensitive high-throughput tests of fine motor function...
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