Research in a mouse model of Huntington’s disease has shown that the adult brain can generate new neurons that integrate into key motor circuits. Building on previous work, the new findings, by a team at the Center for Translational Neuromedicine, University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), demonstrated that stimulating natural brain processes may help repair damaged neural networks in Huntington’s disease and potentially other disorders characterized by the loss of certain populations of neurons.
“Our research shows that we can encourage the brain’s own cells to grow new neurons that join in naturally with the circuits controlling movement,” said Abdellatif Benraiss, PhD, a research associate professor in the URMC lab of Steve Goldman, MD, PhD, at the Center for Translational Neuromedicine….