The protective role of exercise against age-related neurodegeneration

A Sujkowski, L Hong, RJ Wessells, SV Todi - Ageing Research Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Endurance exercise is a widely accessible, low-cost intervention with a variety of benefits to
multiple organ systems. Exercise improves multiple indices of physical performance and …

Epigenetic principles and mechanisms underlying nervous system functions in health and disease

MF Mehler - Progress in neurobiology, 2008 - Elsevier
Epigenetics and epigenomic medicine encompass a new science of brain and behavior that
are already providing unique insights into the mechanisms underlying brain development …

Transcriptional signatures in Huntington's disease

JHJ Cha - Progress in neurobiology, 2007 - Elsevier
While selective neuronal death has been an influential theme in Huntington's disease (HD),
there is now a preponderance of evidence that significant neuronal dysfunction precedes …

Transcriptome sequencing reveals aberrant alternative splicing in Huntington's disease

L Lin, JW Park, S Ramachandran… - Human molecular …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Huntington's disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder caused by
a CAG expansion in the gene-encoding Huntingtin (HTT). Transcriptome dysregulation is a …

Glutamine-expanded ataxin-7 alters TFTC/STAGA recruitment and chromatin structure leading to photoreceptor dysfunction

D Helmlinger, S Hardy, G Abou-Sleymane… - PLoS …, 2006 - journals.plos.org
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 7 (SCA7) is one of several inherited neurodegenerative
disorders caused by a polyglutamine (polyQ) expansion, but it is the only one in which the …

Transcription, epigenetics and ameliorative strategies in Huntington's Disease: a genome-wide perspective

LM Valor - Molecular neurobiology, 2015 - Springer
Transcriptional dysregulation in Huntington's disease (HD) is an early event that shapes the
brain transcriptome by both the depletion and ectopic activation of gene products that …

Cross-talking noncoding RNAs contribute to cell-specific neurodegeneration in SCA7

JY Tan, KW Vance, MA Varela, T Sirey… - Nature structural & …, 2014 - nature.com
What causes the tissue-specific pathology of diseases resulting from mutations in
housekeeping genes? Specifically, in spinocerebellar ataxia type 7 (SCA7), a …

Retinal dysfunction in Huntington's disease mouse models concurs with local gliosis and microglia activation

F Cano-Cano, F Martín-Loro, A Gallardo-Orihuela… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Huntington's disease (HD) is caused by an aberrant expansion of CAG repeats in the HTT
gene that mainly affects basal ganglia. Although striatal dysfunction has been widely studied …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular targets and therapeutic strategies in spinocerebellar ataxia type 7

A Niewiadomska-Cimicka, Y Trottier - Neurotherapeutics, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Spinocerebellar ataxia type 7 (SCA7) is a rare autosomal dominant
neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive neuronal loss in the cerebellum …

Cerebellar and afferent ataxias

M Pandolfo, M Manto - CONTINUUM: Lifelong Learning in …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Ataxia is the clinical manifestation of a wide range of disorders. In addition to accurate
clinical assessment, MRI plays a major role in the diagnostic workup, allowing us to …