Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4315818 | Behavioural Brain Research | 2006 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
We tested the hypothesis that a recently developed transgenic rat model of Huntington's disease (tgHD rats) showed an age-and genotype-dependent change in psychomotor performance and in the frequency of choreiform movements similar to HD patients. Wild type and tgHD (homozygotic and heterozygotic) rats were behaviorally tested at an age of 15 and 20 months. Our results show that tgHD rats exhibit an age-, and genotype-dependent deterioration of the psychomotor performance and choreiform symptoms, closely mimicking the clinical time course changes of psychomotor symptoms of HD patients. These data provide further experimental evidence that the tgHD rat can be considered as a relevant animal model of HD.
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Authors
Chunyan Cao, Yasin Temel, Arjan Blokland, Hatice Ozen, Harry W.M. Steinbusch, Rinske Vlamings, Huu Phuc Nguyen, Stephan von Hörsten, Christoph Schmitz, Veerle Visser-Vandewalle,