NeurologyAugust 1, 2016
Is Huntington’s Disease an Unintended Consequence of Having a Highly Sophisticated Brain?
The gene that causes a devastating neurodegenerative disease may also have been critical in the evolution of our species
Stories by Elena Cattaneo
Elena Cattaneo is a professor of pharmacology in the University of Milan's department of biosciences. She is also a senator with lifelong tenure in the Italian parliament. For more than 20 years Cattaneo's laboratory has been studying Huntington's and seeking therapies for it. The authors dedicate this article to their students and to Huntington's sufferers and their families.