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When a Short Fuse Becomes a Storm: Understanding Irritability in Huntington’s Disease
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Inside the Brain’s Theme Park: How Huntington’s Disease Disrupts the Emotion Coaster
Welcome to Brainland, the bustling, 24/7 theme park in your head. There’s Memory Maze, Logic Log Flume, and of course, the Emotion Coaster, where your brain races through tracks themed around happiness, sadness, and anger. However, for some people who carry the gene for Huntington’s disease (HD), some of these rides start acting up long…
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Getting the data out – a new scientific journal just for HD
New scientific journal PLoS Currents HD promises rapid publication & open access, improving scientific communication
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Dimebon: disappointing in Alzheimer’s but might work in HD
Dimebon – disappointing results in an Alzheimer’s disease trial, but hope remains for HD.
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Does HD cause brains to develop differently?
Smaller total brain volumes in male HD mutation carriers suggests brain development may be different in HD.
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Is Huntington’s disease twice as common as we thought?
New data suggest there may be twice as many people with HD symptoms as previously thought – and even more at risk
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Two large HD observational studies – COHORT and Registry – merge to create ENROLL-HD
Merger of two major Huntington’s Disease observational trials creates ENROLL-HD
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Huntexil for symptoms of Huntington's disease: where are we now?
Two clinical trials in Europe and the USA have suggested a new drug, Huntexil, might improve movements in HD. The nex
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Minocycline: the end of the road?
DOMINO clinical trial result: minocycline doesn’t slow down HD and shouldn’t be studied in larger trials.
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TRACK-HD reveals significant changes in pre-symptomatic HD mutation carriers and patients
The one-year report from the TRACK-HD study demonstrates a number of changes in pre-symptomatic HD-mutation carriers