Why Huntington's Shows Up in Midlife

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"There is a common theme and a common Achilles' heel of the neuron that underlies all these diseases," Brady said. "We've invented a word, 'dysferopathy,' (from the Greek 'fero,' to carry or transport) for these adult-onset neurodegenerative diseases. All have disruption of the axonal transport system in common."

The findings appear online in Nature Neuroscience.

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The U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke has more on Huntington's disease.

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-- Kevin McKeever