Transcription profiling of brain hemispheres from R6/2 transgenic mice treated with a combination drug therapy (tacrine, moclobemide and creatine) to study the molecular impact of the drug therapy on Huntingtons disease.

ABSTRACT: Huntington's disease is a genetic disease caused by a single mutation. It is characterised by progressive movement, emotional and cognitive deficits. R6/2 transgenic mice carrying the Huntington's disease mutation have a progressive neurological phenotype, including deterioration in cognitive function. The mechanism underlying the cognitive deficits in R6/2 mice is unknown, but dysregulated gene expression, reduced neurotransmitter levels and abnormal synaptic function are present before the cognitive decline becomes pronounced. Our goal here was to ameliorate the cognitive phenotype in R6/2 mice using a combination drug therapy (tacrine, moclobemide and creatine) aimed boosting neurotransmitter levels in the brain. Treatment from 5 weeks of age prevented deterioration in two different cog

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

DISEASE(S): Huntington's disease mouse model

SUBMITTER: Lesley Jones Angela Hodges 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-857 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress