Use of antihypertensives — medications used to treat high blood pressure — is associated with milder disease, slower progression,…
Articles by Ana Pena, PhD
Researchers have developed a new class of compounds that tackles the root cause of Huntington’s disease, opening up new…
Massive inflammation and other changes in the striatum, an area of the brain selectively destroyed in…
People at a pre-symptomatic, or premanifest, stage of Huntington’s disease (HD) have subtle speech alterations that may be used…
Measuring the seeding activity of mutant huntingtin (mHTT) protein — its ability to trigger protein aggregation — could be…
Most people at risk for Huntington’s decide not to undergo genetic testing for the disease due to the lack…
Although many patients with Huntington’s disease (HD) experience pain, they report this problem has less of an…
Defects in cells’ “cleaning system,” known as autophagy, may underlie nerve cell degeneration in early stages of Huntington’s disease, according…