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Atlas of the brain’s striatum could guide researchers to new drug treatments

September 01, 2026

… Atlas of the brain’s striatum could guide researchers to new drug treatments … reveals insights into populations of neurons affected by Huntington’s disease, schizophrenia, addiction, and other disorders. …

How Huntington’s disease affects different neurons

January 20, 2023

… How Huntington’s disease affects different neurons January 20, 2023 Research … within a brain structure involved in mood and movement Huntington's Disease Single Cell Transcriptomics and …

Neural vulnerability in Huntington’s disease tied to release of mitochondrial RNA

July 17, 2020

… Neural vulnerability in Huntington’s disease tied to release of mitochondrial RNA July 17, 2020 …

Research highlights immune molecule’s complex role in Huntington’s disease

May 26, 2020

… Research highlights immune molecule’s complex role in Huntington’s disease May 26, 2020 Research Findings Knocking out the …

Genetic screen offers new drug targets for Huntington’s disease

January 30, 2020

… Genetic screen offers new drug targets for Huntington’s disease January 30, 2020 Research findings Neuroscientists …

Basic cell health systems wear down in Huntington’s disease, novel analysis shows

February 23, 2021

… Basic cell health systems wear down in Huntington’s disease, novel analysis shows February 23, 2021 Research …

Huntington's Model Fruit Flies

… Huntington's Model Fruit Flies Innovations & Inventions Huntington’s disease is an inherited fatal neurodegenerative disease that …

NIH award to help Heiman unearth roots of Huntington’s pathology

May 26, 2022

… NIH award to help Heiman unearth roots of Huntington’s pathology May 26, 2022 New Research Research Program Award will fund studies to find early triggers of disease progression neurodegeneration TRAP Single Cell …

Genes & Disease

December 14, 2020

Cell-type specific vulnerabilities in disease

… Cell-type specific vulnerabilities in disease Discoveries The brain contains multitudes. Just the … expression of the genes in mice. In 2020 Heiman’s lab performed the first study to comprehensively track how … of brain cells respond to the mutation that causes Huntington’s disease (HD). Using two different screening …