The family of a patient with Juvenile Huntington’s Disease (JHD), a rare inherited disorder that causes progressive neuro-degeneration, donated his brain to NIMHANS for research on Monday.
The doctors said, “This is the first instance of a JHD brain donation at the institute.”
Last year, the NIMHANS Brain Bank received its first brain donation from an adult patient with Huntington’s Disease (HD). Researchers at the institute have already begun studies on that specimen.
The deceased, Jagadeesha, hailed from Kalagotla village in Yemmiganur mandal of Kurnool district,
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