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Exploring the causes of brain dysfunction in patients with Huntington’s disease
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Exploring the causes of brain dysfunction in patients with Huntington’s disease

by National Research Council of Science & Technology  Differences in FAK activation and neuronal protrusion formation in brain tissues of normal and Huntington’s disease patients. Credit: Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) Huntington’s disease (HD) is a hereditary brain disease caused by a mutation in the huntingtin gene. HD is a neurodegenerative disease without...

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Heart disease causes early brain dysfunction and can treble key Alzheimer’s protein

UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD •     Scientists have discovered that heart disease causes brain dysfunction that could lead to dementia before the buildup of plaque in blood vessels of the brain•    Heart disease causes problems in the brain that causes less blood to reach the neurons that need it •    Findings also show that a combination of...