Neurodegeneration

Question 1

alzheimers accounts for ___ neurodegen diseases

Answer 1

> 60%

Question 2

amyloid plaques in alzheimers, synuclein plaques in parkinsons and TDP-34 aggregates in MNP show

Answer 2

that even in the absence of mutation for the genes that make these proteins, these proteins still play a role in the disease

Question 3

huntingtons chorea is a ___ genetic disorder

Answer 3

purely

Question 4

huntingtons is caused by a

Answer 4

trinucleotide repeat in the Huntington gene