The highly heterogeneous spinocerebellar ataxias: From genes to targets for therapeutic intervention

Cerebellum

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 97-100

  Matilla Dueñas, Antoni ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Neuropathology; Spinocerebellar ataxias; Therapy

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLUTAMINE; POLYGLUTAMINE; RNA;

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BODY MOVEMENT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME 16Q; EDITORIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON DISEASE LIKE SYNDROME; HYPOTHESIS; MACHADO JOSEPH DISEASE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PURKINJE CELL; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UBIQUITINATION; GENETICS; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 54249085676     PISSN: 14734222     EISSN: 14734230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12311-008-0020-5     Document Type: Editorial

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