Malfunctioning Neurons (IMAGE)

Harvard Medical School

Malfunctioning Neurons

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Normally, U2-snRNP (red) is found in the nucleus of motor neurons (left), but it accumulates outside the nucleus in the neurons of patients with ALS and frontotemporal dementia who have a certain genetic mutation.

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Reed Lab/Harvard Medical School

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