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Tetrabenazine is neuroprotective in Huntington's disease mice
BACKGROUND: Huntington's disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by a polyglutamine (polyQ) expansion in Huntingtin protein (Htt). PolyQ expansion in Httexp causes selective degeneration of striatal medium spiny neurons (MSN) in HD patients. A number of previous studies suggested th...
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BioMed Central
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2873255/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20420689 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1750-1326-5-18 |