Since the identification of the causative gene in Huntington's disease (HD), a number of
animal models of this disorder have been developed. A frequently asked question is: which …

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder associated with
abnormal protein modification, inflammation and memory impairment. Aggregated amyloid …

Neurodegenerative diseases can have long preclinical phases and insidious progression
patterns, but the mechanisms of disease progression are poorly understood. Because …

Neurotrophic factors are agents with a promising ability to retard progression of
neurodegenerative diseases and are effective in slowing photoreceptor degeneration in …

Huntington's disease (HD) is a devastating autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease
caused by a CAG trinucleotide repeat expansion encoding an abnormally long …

Neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD),
Huntington's disease (HD), multiple sclerosis (MS), spinal cord injury (SCI), and amyotrophic …

Ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) is a cytokine supporting the differentiation and survival of
various cell types in the peripheral and central nervous systems. Its receptor complex …

Huntington's disease (HD) is a monogenic neurodegenerative disease that affects the
efferent neurons of the striatum. The protracted evolution of the pathology over 15 to 20 …

The Europäische Akademie is concerned with the study of the consequences of scientific
and technological advance both for the individual and for society at large as well as for the …

The dentate gyrus of adult mammalian brain contains neural progenitor cells with self-
renewal and multi-lineage potential. The lineage and maturation of the neural progenitors …