Patients with Huntington’s disease with low levels of perceived psychological distress may have weaker social cognitive skills, according to a…
Articles by Joana Fernandes, PhD
A protein called Nrf2 can help maintain healthy levels of proteins associated with neurodegenerative diseases, including Huntington’s disease, thereby protecting…
Patients with Huntington’s disease may not be receiving enough of the healthcare services they need to improve their quality of…
Physical activity improves cognitive and day-to-day functioning, and possibly motor function, in patients in the early stages of Huntington’s disease,…
Researchers are using light in a laboratory to study how proteins assemble in cells, an approach that could lead to…
Scientists have developed a laboratory tool that allows them to follow the activity of astrocytes — important brain cells that…
The ability to apply reversal learning, which involves adapting behavior according to changes in stimulus-reward situations, appears to be diminished in patients with…
Taking high doses of co-enzyme Q10 in the early stages of Huntington’s disease does not delay its progression, according to…
Huntington’s disease patients’ inability to recognize people’s emotions from their facial expressions appears to be linked to dysfunction in more…
Researchers have developed a new way to deliver therapies to areas of the brain they have been unable to reach…