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Possible involvement of self-defense mechanisms in the preferential vulnerability of the striatum in Huntington's disease
HD is caused by a mutation in the huntingtin gene that consists in a CAG repeat expansion translated into an abnormal poly-glutamine (polyQ) tract in the huntingtin (Htt) protein. The most striking neuropathological finding in HD is the atrophy of the striatum. The regional expression of mutant Htt...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4176035/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25309327 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2014.00295 |