A new BDNF inducer enters the pipeline.
An ampakine, a modulator of glutamate receptors, reduced memory and learning problems in HD mice.
Drugs that increase the activity of PPAR-delta are added to the pipeline of potential treatments.
Clear differences were found among the control group, premanifest gene carriers, and those in early stages.
This article describes other possible diagnoses when there are clinical signs of HD but a negative gene test.