Balance between synaptic versus extrasynaptic NMDA receptor activity influences inclusions and neurotoxicity of mutant huntingtin

The neurodegenerative disorder Huntington disease (HD) is caused by an expanded CAG repeat in the huntingtin gene, resulting in loss of striatal and cortical neurons. Although, the gene product is widely expressed, it remains unclear why neurons are selectively targeted. Here, we demonstrate the rel...

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Autores principales: Okamoto, Shu-ichi, Pouladi, Mahmoud A., Talantova, Maria, Yao, Dongdong, Xia, Peng, Ehrnhoefer, Dagmar E., Zaidi, Rameez, Clemente, Arjay, Kaul, Marcus, Graham, Rona K., Zhang, Dongxian, Chen, H.-S. Vincent, Tong, Gary, Hayden, Michael R., Lipton, Stuart A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2789858/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19915593
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nm.2056

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