Miscellaneous
Disease Mechanism VIII

Huntington’s Disease is an incredibly complex disorder and its effects on the body are both profound and diverse. The effects are exerted through numerous disease mechanisms. Often, treatments do not fall into a specific disease mechanism category and, instead, influence numerous disease mechanisms. The following chapters examine several of these types of treatments.

• Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)
• Miraxion
• Tetrabenazine (TBZ)
• Caspase-6 inhibition
• The Heat-Shock Response
• Normal huntingtin

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