A monoclonal antibody TrkB receptor agonist as a potential therapeutic for Huntington's disease.

Huntington's disease (HD) is a devastating, genetic neurodegenerative disease caused by a tri-nucleotide expansion in exon 1 of the huntingtin gene. HD is clinically characterized by chorea, emotional and psychiatric disturbances and cognitive deficits with later symptoms including rigidity and...

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Main Authors: Daniel Todd, Ian Gowers, Simon J Dowler, Michael D Wall, George McAllister, David F Fischer, Sipke Dijkstra, Silvina A Fratantoni, Rhea van de Bospoort, Jessica Veenman-Koepke, Geraldine Flynn, Jamshid Arjomand, Celia Dominguez, Ignacio Munoz-Sanjuan, John Wityak, Jonathan A Bard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24503862/?tool=EBI