Evidence for glutamate excitotoxicity that occurs before the onset of striatal cell loss and motor symptoms in an ovine Huntington's Disease model.
Andrew Jiang, Linya You, Renée R. Handley, Victoria Hawkins, Suzanne J. Reid, Jessie C. Jacobsen, Stefano Patassini, Skye R. Rudiger, Clive J. McLaughlan, Jennifer M. Kelly, Paul John Verma, Christopher Simon Bawden, James F. Gusella, Marcy E. MacDonald, Henry John Waldvogel, , Russell G. Snell
The paper identifies transcriptional upregulation of glutamate receptors and downregulation of oxidative phosphorylation in an ovine HD model before neuronal loss and motor symptoms.
bioRxiv · Jun 20, 2023 · PreprintNeuroscience