Ubiquitous expression of human SCA2 gene under the regulation of the SCA2 self promoter cause specific Purkinje cell degeneration in transgenic mice

Exon 1 of the HD Gene with an Expanded CAG Repeat Is Sufficient to Cause a Progressive Neurological Phenotype in Transgenic Mice

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Knockout Mouse, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Developmental Biology +9

Moderate expansion of a normally biallelic trinucleotide repeat in spinocerebellar ataxia type 2

Stefan-M. Pulst, Alex Nechiporuk, Tamilla Nechiporuk et al. · Nature Genetics · 1996 · 1.1K citations

Molecular Neuroscience, Genetic Disorder, Medicine +6

Cloning of the gene for spinocerebellar ataxia 2 reveals a locus with high sensitivity to expanded CAG/glutamine repeats

Georges Imbert, Frédéric Saudou, Gaël Yvert et al. · Nature Genetics · 1996 · 846 citations

Molecular Neuroscience, Spinocerebellar Ataxia 2, High Sensitivity +11

A YAC Mouse Model for Huntington’s Disease with Full-Length Mutant Huntingtin, Cytoplasmic Toxicity, and Selective Striatal Neurodegeneration

John Hodgson, N. Agopyan, Claire‐Anne Gutekunst et al. · Neuron · 1999 · 828 citations · Full text

Neurodegenerative Diseases, Full-length Mutant Huntingtin, Selective Striatal Neurodegeneration +8

Identification of the spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 gene using a direct identification of repeat expansion and cloning technique, DIRECT

Kazuhiro Sanpei, Hiroki Takano, S. Igarashi et al. · Nature Genetics · 1996 · 771 citations

Molecular Neuroscience, Direct Identification, Cloning Technique +12