Sentences with phrase «hd mice he studies»
He noticed that the HD mice he studies show a lack of motivation.
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Mice transplanted with cells grown from a patient suffering from Huntington's disease (HD) develop the clinical features and brain pathology of that patient, suggests a study published in the latest issue of Acta Neuropathologica by CHA University in Korea, in collaboration with researchers at Université Laval in Québec City, Canada.
Studies in mouse models of HD showed that creatine raises brain ATP levels and protects against neurodegeneration.
A recent mouse study of a drug known as CTEP suggests the drug is surprisingly helpful for HD - like symptoms in mice.
But these mice are a very useful tool for studying changes in the brain that happen in HD.
They're studying it using mice with the mutant HD gene, called BAC - HD mice.
By comparing short - and long - term treatment with CTEP in HD mice, Ferguson's team was able to study this question very closely.
Some of these greasy molecules are reduced in HD, and a new study demonstrates that replacing one specific type, called ganglioside GM1, leads to dramatic improvements in the behavior of HD mice.
Today, scientists can study HD using «model» mice, flies, sheep, and other animals.
And in animal studies using mice with HD, research has shown that «environmental enrichment» - giving the mice more stimulating surroundings - delays the onset and slows the progression of the disease.
These mouse studies highlight how careful we have to be with drugs for HD.
He is using cutting edge microscopes and techniques to study individual connections - synapses - between neurons in HD mice.