Huntington's Disease
Download Adobe Reader Condensed from Huntington's Disease: Hope Through Research Huntington's disease (HD) results from genetically programmed degeneration of brain cells, called neurons, in certain areas of the brain. This degeneration causes ... [... more]
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The Life and Death of a Neuron
Educational booklet about how neurons develop, function, and die, prepared by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). Includes illustrations. Until recently, most neuroscientists thought we were born with all the ... [... more]
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Huntington's Disease: Hope Through Research
In 1872, the American physician George Huntington wrote about an illness that he called "an heirloom from generations away back in the dim past." He was not the first to describe the disorder, which has been traced back to the Middle Ages at ... [... more]
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