A loud ringing and bright light jolted Adam English awake. Then he felt the bizarre sensation of a zipper closing from ear to ...

In the complex world of neuroscience, Huntington's disease remains a cruel mystery. It slowly strips away a person’s ability to think and move, yet scientists still don't fully understand why.

She asked to spend some one-on-one time together while she and her boyfriend were in town, which I found odd. Lindsey and I talk on the phone often and had already spoken three times that week. Now it ...

Learn about Huntington’s disease: its genetic causes, key symptoms, diagnosis, and what new research says about treatments and clinical trials.

Huntington's disease has long defied attempts to rescue suffering neurons. A new study in Cell Reports shows that transplanting healthy human glial progenitor cells into the brains of adult animal ...

Five simple smartphone-measured tests of movement control can provide quick and regular insight into the motor function of someone with Huntington’s disease, researchers reported June 9 in the ...

The first signs of Huntington's disease are often subtle changes in coordination and mood. Learn more.

For many with Huntington’s disease, recognising faces, navigating familiar places, or reading can be difficult. Scientists studied how and when HD affects how the brain processes what we see—crucial ...

May is Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month, a time to bring national attention to a rare, hereditary, and relentlessly progressive brain disorder that affects entire families across generations.

Chili, N.Y. — A fundraising event took place Saturday morning at the Roberts Wesleyan Voller Athletic Center to raise awareness for Huntington's disease. Participants walked around the gymnasium ...

An Orange County woman is opening up about what it’s like to live with a fatal, rare disease that’s been compared to having ALS, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s all at once. Carrie Bryson, a ...

A decade ago, UB researchers shed some light on an enduring neuroscience mystery: How exactly does a mutated huntingtin protein (HTT) cause Huntington’s disease? They found that HTT is something like ...