Tamara Vasilkovska, Somaie Salajeghe, Verdi Vanreusel, Johan Van Audekerke, Marlies Verschuuren, Lydiane Hirschler, Jan Warnking, Isabel Pintelon, Dorian Pustina, Roger Cachope, Ladislav Mrzljak, Ignacio Muñoz-Sanjuan, Emmanuel L Barbier, Winnok H De Vos, Annemie Van der Linden, Marleen Verhoye
BACKGROUND: Huntington's disease (HD) is marked by a CAG-repeat expansion in the huntingtin gene that causes neuronal dysfunction and loss, affecting mainly the striatum and the cortex. Alterations in the neurovascular coupling system have been shown to lead to dysregulated energy supply to brain regions in several neurological diseases, including HD, which could potentially trigger the process of neurodegeneration. In particular, it has been observed in cross-sectional human HD studies that vascular alterations are associated to impaired cerebral blood flow (CBF)...
April 16, 2024: Journal of Biomedical Science