Research Articles

This section was developed to try and meet the constant demand for up-to-date papers on various studies currently being conducted within the HD community. Some of the articles are more geared towards young adults and professionals as the terminology can get complex at times. Check out the HSC research news page or HD lighthouse for reviews of articles in less technical language.

Click the below links to get the appropriate research article.

For additional papers please click here and you will be directed to the HSC research page.

• Supportive care for patients with Huntington’s disease and their careers
• Exploring supportive care for individuals affected by Huntington disease and their family caregivers in a community setting
• International Society for Stem Cell Research
• Brain imaging and cognitive dysfunctions in Huntington’s disease
• Genetic Disorders: Implications for Allied Health Professions - Two Case Studies
• Clinical trial participants value personalized, accurate information about study results
• Huntington Study Group Clinical Studies
• ISSCR Patient Handbook on Stem Cell Therapies
• Obsessive and Compulsive Symptoms in Prediagnosed Huntington’s Disease
• Ten-year rate of longitudinal change in neurocognitive and motor function in prediagnosis Huntington disease
• Decreasing uptake of predictive testing for Huntington’s disease in a German centre: 12 years’ experience (1993–2004)
• Detection of Huntington’s disease decades before diagnosis: The Predict HD study
• Energy balance in early-stage Huntington disease
• Energy needs in mid-stage HD
• Fear of Health Insurance Loss Among Individuals at Risk for Huntington Disease
• Psychosocial impact of Huntington's disease on families and spouses from the perspective of the Family Systems Theory
• HD Predictive Testing - Assessment Approach to Request from Adolescents
• Attitudes Regarding Predictive Genetic Testing in Minors: A Survey of European Clinical Geneticists
• Huntington Protein's First Act: Overexciting Synapses
• DNA instability in postmitotic neurons
• Epigenetic targets of HDAC inhibition in neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders
• Huntington Protein's First Act: Overexciting Synapses
• Long-term outcome of presymptomatic testing in Huntington disease
• Approved drugs found to induce autophagy