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Neurodegeneration in the polyglutamine diseases: Act 1, Scene 1

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A mouse model of the neurodegenerative disease spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 reveals that changes in gene expression begin many weeks before the onset of symptoms.

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Figure 1: Pre- and postsynaptic neurons, with intervening synaptic cleft.

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