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Monkey hybrid stem cells develop cellular features of Huntington's disease

open access: yesBMC Cell Biology, 2010
Background Pluripotent stem cells that are capable of differentiating into different cell types and develop robust hallmark cellular features are useful tools for clarifying the impact of developmental events on neurodegenerative diseases such as ...
Lorthongpanich Chanchao   +9 more
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The kynurenine pathway as a therapeutic target in cognitive and neurodegenerative disorders [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Understanding the neurochemical basis for cognitive function is one of the major goals of neuroscience, with a potential impact on the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of a range of psychiatric and neurological disorders.
Akagbosu   +172 more
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Increased central microglial activation associated with peripheral cytokine levels in premanifest Huntington's disease gene carriers

open access: yesNeurobiology of Disease, 2015
Previous studies have shown activation of the immune system and altered immune response in Huntington's disease (HD) gene carriers. Here, we hypothesized that peripheral and central immune responses could be concurrent pathophysiological events and ...
Marios Politis   +9 more
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Juvenile Huntington’s disease: two case reports and a review of the literature

open access: yesJournal of Medical Case Reports, 2020
Background Huntington’s disease is a rare, autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease characterized by motor, cognitive, and psychiatric symptoms. Usually, the disease symptoms first appear around the age of 40, but in 5–10% of cases, they manifest ...
Sigita Lesinskienė   +5 more
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Biomarkers for Huntington's disease: an update [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Huntington's disease (HD) is a devastating autosomal-dominant neurodegenerative condition caused by a CAG repeat expansion in the gene encoding huntingtin which is characterised by progressive motor impairment, cognitive decline and neuropsychiatric ...
Scahill, RI, Tabrizi, SJ, Wild, EJ
core   +1 more source

Postoperative hematoma in cervical spondylosis patient complicated with Huntington’s disease: Case report and literature review

open access: yesSAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2023
Hematoma is a life-threatening complication of anterior surgery in cervical spondylosis patients. Herein, we report a cervical spondylosis patient complicated with Huntington’s disease, who developed unexpected neck hematoma after anterior cervical ...
Zifan Zhang   +10 more
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Perinatal insults and neurodevelopmental disorders may impact Huntington's disease age of diagnosis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Introduction: The age of diagnosis of Huntington's disease (HD) varies among individuals with the same HTT CAG-repeat expansion size. We investigated whether early-life events, like perinatal insults or neurodevelopmental disorders, influence the ...
Anderson, Dg   +10 more
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Huntington's Disease

open access: yesPediatric Neurology Briefs, 1989
The positron-emission tomography (PET) findings in a seven year old girl with the juvenile form of Huntington's disease are described from the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Montreal, Canada.
J Gordon Millichap
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Juvenile Huntington's disease: a clinical case from a pediatric's practice

open access: yesКлинический разбор в общей медицине, 2023
Background. Huntington's disease (Hd) is a hereditary neurodegenerative disease with an autosomal dominant type of inheritance and manifested by motor, behavioral and mental disorders.
Emilia E. Alieva   +3 more
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Visual control improves the accuracy of hand positioning in Huntington’s disease

open access: yesAktualności Neurologiczne, 2017
Background: The study aimed at demonstrating dependence of visual feedback during hand and finger positioning task performance among Huntington’s disease patients in comparison to patients with Parkinson’s disease and cervical dystonia.
Emilia J. Sitek   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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