Ataxia mutant protein uses distinct partners to drive toxicity in different brain cells
This study proposes a mechanism for the differential vulnerability of brain cells and regions to toxic mutant proteins.
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neurodegenerative disorders
Image of the Month: Nervous tissue of the fruit fly embryo
The fruit fly is a valuable animal model to unravel the genetic causes of both rare and more common human diseases. This Image of the
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Decades-long mission: Solving the puzzle of a neurological disorder
More than 20 years ago, Dr. Huda Zoghbi began a quest – first to find a gene that caused a devastating neurological disorder called spinocerebellar
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