Suppressing aberrant GluN3A expression rescues synaptic and behavioral impairments in Huntington's disease models.
AuthorsMarco S, Giralt A, Petrovic MM, Pouladi MA, Martínez-Turrillas R, Martínez-Hernández J, Kaltenbach LS, Torres-Peraza J, Graham RK, Watanabe M, Luján R, Nakanishi N, Lipton SA, Lo DC, Hayden MR, Alberch J, Wesseling JF, Pérez-Otaño I
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PubMed ID23852340
Huntington's disease is caused by an expanded polyglutamine repeat in the huntingtin protein (HTT), but the pathophysiological sequence of events that trigger synaptic failure and neuronal loss are not fully understood. Alterations in N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-type glutamate receptors (NMDARs) have been implicated. Yet, it remains unclear how the HTT mutation affects ... More