Huntington’s disease is a degenerative neurological disorder affecting movement, cognition, and emotional state (Schoenstadt). There are two forms of Huntington’s disease (Sheth). The most common is adult-onset Huntington’s disease, with persons usually developing symptoms in their middle 30s and 40s (Sheth). There is an early onset form of Huntington’s disease, beginning in childhood or adolescence, and makes up a small percentage of the Huntington’s population (Sheth). Huntington’s disease is a
Huntington’s disease (HD) is rare genetic neurodegenerative disease. The neurons in the brain progressively during a person’s lifetime degenerate to a point where the brain’s motor, cognitive, and psychiatric functions are affected. The symptoms from these disturbances can include, unintended weight loss, sleep and circadian rhythm disturbances and autonomic nervous system dysfunction. The average age of the symptoms onset is generally between 30 to 50 years of age however there are instances where
Huntington’s Disease is a brain disorder affecting movement, cognition, and emotions (Schoenstadt). It is a genetic disorder generally affecting people in their middle 30s and 40s (Sheth). Worldwide, Huntington’s disease (affects between 3-7 per 100,000 people of European ancestry (Schoenstadt). In the United States alone, 1 in every 30,000 people has Huntington’s disease (Genetic Learning Center). Huntington’s Disease is a multi-faceted disease, with a complex inheritance pattern and a wide range
Huntington's Disease Huntington's Disease is a genetic autosomal disorder which effects the brain. It affects about 1 in 20,000 individuals. The symptoms of the disease do not start to occur until after or around 40 years of age. With the onset of the disease the patient starts to gradually deteriorate intellectually, this deterioration also causes involuntary movements. Scientists have only recently found the section of the gene which causes Huntington's disease, and this is allowed them
and the NCBI lab I was selected to research about Huntington’s disease. To get more information about this disease, I went onto www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. From there I had to search by its Accession Number, which is NM_002111. Once I found the information needed I was able to find the following information within the website. The diseases official name is Huntingtin, with the symbol of HTT. The organism of interest most focused on having this disease is Homo sapiens, or more commonly referred to as humans
and mental retardation. (Ridley, 55) Victims of this syndrome rarely live past the age of seven. The last and most interesting situation occurs when this gene becomes mutated. In this case, the individual will suffer from Huntington’s Chorea, a debilitating neurological disease which will not show its effects until mid-life. Because of this disorder, the gene is known as “The Huntington Gene,” though it has also been referred to as “The Wolf-Hirschorn Gene” and “IT15” meaning “Interesting Transcript
Huntington's Disease Huntington's Disease (HD) is a dominant genetic disorder. Each child of a person who has HD has a 50% chance of inheriting the disease, and the disease does not skip a generation. HD is caused by a larger than normal CAG repeat in the Huntington gene. This larger than normal CAG repeat produces an abnormal protein that begins to kill brain cells when the person who has the gene reaches middle age. The loss of these cells causes intense symptoms and eventually death. HD
Huntington's Disease In 1872, George Huntington, American physician, researched and published a report on a disease that affected several generations of a family in East Hampton on Long Island. The clinical manifestations reflected Huntington’s disease (HD) with chorea, psychiatric and cognitive impairment and slow progression of deterioration leading to death. Huntington’s disease is an autosomal- dominant neurodegenerative disorder that is hereditary in nature. National Institute of Neurological
Huntington's Disease A shadow of love doesn't have arms to embrace you, to make you feel wanted and secure. It only blocks out the warmth of what could be. -Jean Miller, a woman whose daughter Kelly died of Huntington's Disease A woman stares pensively out her bedroom window. Today is her twenty-seventh birthday. Most people have the whole rest of their lives to look forward to when staring out the window at this age, but not Sylvia. She isn't sure. Ten years ago her mother was diagnosed
Huntington’s disease is one the most overwhelming disorder throughout the medical history. It is a genetic disorder that is caused by an altered gene inherited by a parent that affects the brain. It affects the part of the brain that controls thinking, emotions and movement. This can cause unsteady and uncontrollable movement in the hands, feet and face. Abnormal movements such as walking, talking and swallowing are greatly affected by this disease. In 1872, Doctor George Huntington wrote an essay