Brain Mitochondrial Iron Found to Accumulate in Huntington’s Disease

University of Wyoming researchers say they have found that mice engineered to have Huntington's disease have an over-accumulation of iron in their mitochondria. Their work identifying a pathway for the neurodegenerative disease also has relevance to understanding related disorders such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's and Lou Gehrig's disease, says Jonathan Fox, Ph.D., a professor in UW's Department of Veterinary Sciences.The team’s study (“ Brain mitochondrial iron accumulat