Huntington’s Disease: A Review of the Known PET Imaging Biomarkers and Targeting Radiotracers

Huntington&#8217;s disease (HD) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease caused by a CAG expansion mutation in the <i>huntingtin</i> gene. As a result, intranuclear inclusions of mutant huntingtin protein are formed, which damage striatal medium spiny neurons (MSNs). A review of Positron...

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Main Authors: Klaudia Cybulska, Lars Perk, Jan Booij, Peter Laverman, Mark Rijpkema
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-01-01
Series:Molecules
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/25/3/482