Blair R. Leavitt

Loss of Huntingtin-Mediated BDNF Gene Transcription in Huntington's Disease

Chiara Zuccato, Andrea Ciammola, Dorotea Rigamonti et al. · Science · 2001 · 1.3K citations

Neurodegenerative Diseases, Wild-type Huntingtin Activity, Bdnf Production +12

Induction of neurogenesis in the neocortex of adult mice

Sanjay S. P. Magavi, Blair R. Leavitt, Jeffrey D. Macklis · Nature · 2000 · 1.2K citations

Neuroregeneration, Developmental Biology, Neuroanatomy +9

Early mitochondrial calcium defects in Huntington's disease are a direct effect of polyglutamines

Alexander Panov, Claire‐Anne Gutekunst, Blair R. Leavitt et al. · Nature Neuroscience · 2002 · 1K citations

Mitochondrial Function, Mitochondrial Dynamic, Genetics +7

Biological and clinical manifestations of Huntington's disease in the longitudinal TRACK-HD study: cross-sectional analysis of baseline data

Sarah J. Tabrizi, Douglas R. Langbehn, Blair R. Leavitt et al. · The Lancet Neurology · 2009 · 959 citations

Neurodegenerative Diseases, Dementia, Longitudinal Track-hd Study +8

Huntingtin interacts with REST/NRSF to modulate the transcription of NRSE-controlled neuronal genes

Chiara Zuccato, Marzia Tartari, Andrea Crotti et al. · Nature Genetics · 2003 · 926 citations

Systems Biology, Signal Transduction, Molecular Neuroscience +10