New Target for Huntington's Disease? (IMAGE)

University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences

New Target for Huntington's Disease?

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Brain tissue from a mouse shows star-shaped astrocytes (green). Cells (blue) containing a mutant protein (white) display lower levels of a potassium-regulating protein (red).

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Khakh lab/University of California Los Angeles

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