GABA neurons are the brain cells whose degradation causes Huntington’s disease, a condition characterized by severely degraded motor function, among other things.
Huntington’s disease
Huntington’s cure in flies lays groundwork for new treatment approaches
Boosting levels of two critical proteins that normally shut down during Huntington’s disease, researchers at UW-Madison and the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have cured fruit flies of the genetic, neurodegenerative condition.