Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • News
  • Published:

Huntington's hunt homes in

Researchers have found that carriers of the Huntington's disease gene develop subtle, but distinctive deficiencies in their arm movements up to seven years before they show symptoms of the disease.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

References

  1. Smith,M. A., Brandt J. & Shadmehr, R. Motor disorder in Huntington's disease begins as a dysfunction in error feedback control. Nature 403, 544 2000.

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Authors

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Abdulla, S. Huntington's hunt homes in. Nature (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/news000203-9

Download citation

  • Published:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/news000203-9

Search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing