Shown are MRI scans of a Huntington’s disease (HD) sufferer’s brain (left) and a normal brain (right). In the HD brain, many brain cells have died and fluid (black areas) has filled in those ...

Brain Changes in Huntington's Disease Decades Before Diagnosis Will Guide Future Prevention Trials Jan. 17, 2025 — Subtle changes in the brain, detectable through advanced imaging, blood and ...

Your doctor may also recommend additional MRI scans of your brain, spinal cord, or both at certain intervals to monitor disease activity and progression. How often you need to repeat the scan ...

This microscope photo provided by the McLean Hospital's Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center in January 2024 shows cells in the caudate nucleus structure of the brain in a person with Huntington's ...

Huntington disease is caused by a mutation in the HTT gene. Understanding how mutation causes neurodegeneration might enable the development of treatments that slow the decline of brain function.

The stem cells were developed into neurons from the striatum, the brain region primarily impacted by Huntington's disease, making the model relevant to disease conditions. These neurons were then ...

Huntington's disease is a fatal condition that causes nerve cells in parts of the brain to gradually break down and die, resulting in memory lapses, stumbling, involuntary jerking, mood swings and ...

Diagnosis of neuroferritinopathy often involves clinical evaluation, neuroimaging studies (such as MRI scans to assess ... as Parkinson's or Huntington's disease. In this, due to a genetic fault ...