Huntington’s disease

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 220, Issue , 2015, Pages 357-409

  Zuccato, Chiara ^a   Cattaneo, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

BDNF; BDNF polymorphism; BDNF promotor; BDNF transport; Huntingtin; Neurodegeneration; Neurotrophin; Post mortem brain; RE 1 silencing transcription factor neuron restrictive silencer factor (REST NRSF)

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR AGONIST; AMPAKINE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYSTAMINE; DRUG ANALYSIS; HTT PROTEIN, HUMAN; HUNTINGTIN; LITHIUM; MEMANTINE; MERCAPTAMINE; NERVE PROTEIN; NICOTINAMIDE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; REPRESSOR ELEMENT 1 PROTEIN; RILUZOLE; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TACROLIMUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR GENE; BRAIN LEVEL; CELL ENGINEERING; CELL VACUOLE; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFICACY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; GENE MUTATION; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; THERAPY; WILD TYPE;

ANALYSIS; ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GENETIC THERAPY; GENETICS; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; THERAPY;

EID: 84940986307     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: 18650325     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-45106-5_14     Document Type: Article

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