1Cademy - Huntingtons Disease (HD) | Symptoms and Brain Regions Affected

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Huntington's Disease (HD) | Symptoms and Brain Regions Affected

The striatum -- critical for mood, motor, and behavior control -- is most severely affected, though many other regions get affected in the late stages.
Hence, motor control (e.g., involuntary movements), behavior control, mental health (e.g., major depression, OCD), and cognition are impaired.
Patients often describe their condition as having Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and ALS simultaneously.