New Insights Into the Mechanisms Underlying Huntington’s Disease

Huntington’s disease is a genetic disorder that causes neurodegeneration in the brain, leading to a wide range of symptoms. These issues tend to manifest in an individual’s 30s or 40s, and the disease is fatal within ten to thirty years of the initial appearance of symptoms. Scientists have now discovered a neural circuit that plays a crucial role in the mechanisms underlying Huntington’s. The findings, which were reported in Nature Communications, could help researchers develop new treatments for the devastating disease.

Huntington’s patients have…