Huntington Disease

"Huntington Disease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A familial disorder inherited as an autosomal dominant trait and characterized by the onset of progressive CHOREA and DEMENTIA in the fourth or fifth decade of life. Common initial manifestations include paranoia; poor impulse control; DEPRESSION; HALLUCINATIONS; and DELUSIONS. Eventually intellectual impairment; loss of fine motor control; ATHETOSIS; and diffuse chorea involving axial and limb musculature develops, leading to a vegetative state within 10-15 years of disease onset. The juvenile variant has a more fulminant course including SEIZURES; ATAXIA; dementia; and chorea. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1060-4)

Descriptor ID	D006816
MeSH Number(s)	C10.228.140.079.545 C10.228.140.380.278 C10.228.662.262.249.750 C10.574.500.497 C16.320.400.430 F03.615.250.400 F03.615.400.390
Concept/Terms	Huntington Disease Huntington Disease Huntington Chorea Chorea, Huntington Huntington's Disease Chronic Progressive Hereditary Chorea (Huntington) Huntington Chronic Progressive Hereditary Chorea Progressive Chorea, Chronic Hereditary (Huntington) Progressive Chorea, Hereditary, Chronic (Huntington) Huntington's Chorea Chorea, Huntington's Chorea, Chronic Progressive Hereditary (Huntington) Huntington Disease, Late Onset Huntington Disease, Late Onset Late-Onset Huntington Disease Huntington Disease, Late-Onset Late Onset Huntington Disease Juvenile Huntington Disease Juvenile Huntington Disease Juvenile-Onset Huntington Disease Juvenile Onset Huntington Disease Huntington Disease, Juvenile-Onset Huntington Disease, Juvenile Onset Huntington Disease, Juvenile Akinetic-Rigid Variant of Huntington Disease Akinetic-Rigid Variant of Huntington Disease Akinetic Rigid Variant of Huntington Disease Huntington Disease, Akinetic-Rigid Variant Huntington Disease, Akinetic Rigid Variant

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Diseases [C]
Nervous System Diseases [C10]
Central Nervous System Diseases [C10.228]
Brain Diseases [C10.228.140]
Basal Ganglia Diseases [C10.228.140.079]
Huntington Disease [C10.228.140.079.545]
Dementia [C10.228.140.380]
Huntington Disease [C10.228.140.380.278]
Movement Disorders [C10.228.662]
Dyskinesias [C10.228.662.262]
Chorea [C10.228.662.262.249]
Huntington Disease [C10.228.662.262.249.750]
Neurodegenerative Diseases [C10.574]
Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System [C10.574.500]
Huntington Disease [C10.574.500.497]
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities [C16]
Genetic Diseases, Inborn [C16.320]
Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System [C16.320.400]
Huntington Disease [C16.320.400.430]
Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Mental Disorders [F03]
Neurocognitive Disorders [F03.615]
Cognition Disorders [F03.615.250]
Huntington Disease [F03.615.250.400]
Dementia [F03.615.400]
Huntington Disease [F03.615.400.390]

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Bar chart showing 24 publications over 15 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2001 and 2002 and 2005 and 2007

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2001	3	0	3
2002	3	0	3
2003	0	1	1
2004	0	1	1
2005	3	0	3
2006	1	0	1
2007	1	2	3
2008	1	0	1
2011	1	0	1
2012	0	1	1
2014	1	0	1
2015	1	0	1
2021	1	1	2
2022	1	0	1
2025	1	0	1

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Schriger SH, Nurse CN, O'Hayer CV. Acceptance and commitment therapy with Huntington's disease: A narrative review and case report of a caregiver-assisted intervention. J Huntingtons Dis. 2025 Feb; 14(1):3-15.

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Zhi L, Zhao J, Jaffe D, Chen Y, Wang N, Qin Q, Seifert EL, Li C, Zhang H. Measurement of Oxygen Consumption Rate in Acute Striatal Slices from Adult Mice. J Vis Exp. 2022 06 08; (184).

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Pluciennik A, Liu Y, Molotsky E, Marsh GB, Ranxhi B, Arnold FJ, St-Cyr S, Davidson B, Pourshafie N, Lieberman AP, Gu W, Todi SV, Merry DE. Deubiquitinase USP7 contributes to the pathogenicity of spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy. J Clin Invest. 2021 01 04; 131(1).

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Iyer RR, Pluciennik A. DNA Mismatch Repair and its Role in Huntington's Disease. J Huntingtons Dis. 2021; 10(1):75-94.

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Morozova OA, Gupta S, Colby DW. Prefibrillar huntingtin oligomers isolated from HD brain potently seed amyloid formation. FEBS Lett. 2015 Jul 08; 589(15):1897-903.

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Barbaro BA, Lukacsovich T, Agrawal N, Burke J, Bornemann DJ, Purcell JM, Worthge SA, Caricasole A, Weiss A, Song W, Morozova OA, Colby DW, Marsh JL. Comparative study of naturally occurring huntingtin fragments in Drosophila points to exon 1 as the most pathogenic species in Huntington's disease. Hum Mol Genet. 2015 Feb 15; 24(4):913-25.

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Miller EG, Laragione G, Kang TI, Feudtner C. Concurrent care for the medically complex child: lessons of implementation. J Palliat Med. 2012 Nov; 15(11):1281-3.

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Gupta S, Jie S, Colby DW. Protein misfolding detected early in pathogenesis of transgenic mouse model of Huntington disease using amyloid seeding assay. J Biol Chem. 2012 Mar 23; 287(13):9982-9989.

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Dragatsis I, Goldowitz D, Del Mar N, Deng YP, Meade CA, Liu L, Sun Z, Dietrich P, Yue J, Reiner A. CAG repeat lengths > or =335 attenuate the phenotype in the R6/2 Huntington's disease transgenic mouse. Neurobiol Dis. 2009 Mar; 33(3):315-30.

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Reiner A, Del Mar N, Deng YP, Meade CA, Sun Z, Goldowitz D. R6/2 neurons with intranuclear inclusions survive for prolonged periods in the brains of chimeric mice. J Comp Neurol. 2007 Dec 20; 505(6):603-29.

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