The brain has plans in place when fires break out. Normally, a molecule called PKD1 rushes in to the rescue, but in ...

Huntington’s disease research news. In plain language. Written by scientists. For the global HD community.

To date, the GeM-HD consortium has studied thousands of people with HD and hundreds of thousands of spelling changes in every ...

One common, but lesser-understood symptom of HD is irritability. Irritability can be deeply distressing for the person with ...

Welcome to Brainland, the bustling, 24/7 theme park in your head. There’s Memory Maze, Logic Log Flume, and of course, the Emotion Coaster, where your brain races through tracks themed around ...

Huntington’s disease (HD) is caused by a single genetic mutation, yet people with HD can experience vastly different symptoms – from movement issues to emotional struggles. A new study dives into ...

Seeking dental care and adhering to recommended routines is tough for lots of folks, even under the best of circumstances. Throw Huntington’s disease (HD) into the mix, and oral health can get even ...

Ed is a neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK, and a Professor of Neurology at University College London where he is Associate Director of the Huntington’s ...

Leora Fox trained as a Huntington’s Disease scientist, and obtained her PhD in 2016 at Columbia University, where she studied HD mouse models and how brain cells dispose of huntingtin protein. After ...

For many with Huntington’s disease, recognising faces, navigating familiar places, or reading can be difficult. Scientists studied how and when HD affects how the brain processes what we see—crucial ...