Mouse models of Huntington's disease

PP Farshim, GP Bates - Huntington's disease, 2018 - Springer
The identification of the mutation causing Huntington's disease (HD) has led to the
generation of a large number of mouse models. These models are used to further enhance …

Overview of Huntington's disease models: neuropathological, molecular, and behavioral differences

C Rangel‐Barajas, GV Rebec - Current protocols in …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Transgenic mouse models of Huntington's disease (HD), a neurodegenerative condition
caused by a single gene mutation, have been transformative in their ability to reveal the …

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor prevents depressive-like behaviors in early-symptomatic YAC128 Huntington's disease mice

VS da Fonsêca, AR da Silva Colla… - Molecular …, 2018 - Springer
Huntington disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by an expanded CAG
repeat in the Huntington disease gene. The symptomatic stage of the disease is defined by …

Huntington's disease leads to decrease of GABA-A tonic subunits in the D2 neostriatal pathway and their relocalization into the synaptic cleft

A Rosas-Arellano, C Tejeda-Guzmán… - Neurobiology of …, 2018 - Elsevier
GABA is a widely distributed inhibitory neurotransmitter. GABA-A receptors are hetero-
pentameric channels assembled in multiple combinations from 19 available subunits; this …

Antidepressant effects of probucol on early‐symptomatic YAC128 transgenic mice for Huntington's disease

C de Paula Nascimento-Castro, AC Wink… - Neural …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Huntington's disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder caused by
a trinucleotide expansion in the HD gene, resulting in an extended polyglutamine tract in the …

[HTML][HTML] The adjustment of γ-aminobutyric acidA tonic subunits in Huntington's disease: from transcription to translation to synaptic levels into the neostriatum

A Rosas-Arellano, A Estrada-Mondragón… - Neural Regeneration …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Abstract γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA), plays a key role in all stages of life, also is considered
the main inhibitory neurotransmitter. GABA activates two kind of membrane receptors known …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of subventricular zone-derived progenitor cells from mild and late symptomatic YAC128 mouse model of Huntington's disease

AC Silva, IL Ferreira, MR Hayden, E Ferreiro… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2018 - Elsevier
Huntington's disease (HD) is caused by an expansion of CAG repeats in the HTT gene,
leading to expression of mutant huntingtin (mHTT) and selective striatal neuronal loss …

Early neurodegeneration in R6/2 mice carrying the Huntington's disease mutation with a super-expanded CAG repeat, despite normal lifespan

C Kielar, AJ Morton - Journal of Huntington's Disease, 2018 - content.iospress.com
Background: The threshold of CAG repeat expansion in the HTT gene that causes HD is 36
CAG repeats, although 'superlong'expansions are found in individual neurons in post …

GABA-A 强直亚基在亨廷顿舞蹈病和衰老过程中出乎意料的突触可塑性: 一个观点

A Rosas-Arellano, A Estrada-Mondragón… - 中国神经再生研究 …, 2018 - sjzsyj.com.cn
γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA), plays a key role in all stages of life, also is considered the main
inhibitory neurotransmitter. GABA activates two kind of membrane receptors known as …

Early neurodegeneration in R6/2 mice carrying the Huntington's disease mutation with a super-expanded CAG repeat, despite normal lifespan

AJ Morton, C Kielar - 2018 - repository.cam.ac.uk
The threshold of CAG repeat expansion in the HTT gene that causes HD is 36 CAG repeats,
although 'superlong'expansions are found in individual neurons in post mortem brains …