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Fig. 3 | Translational Neurodegeneration

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From: Oral administration of the cannabigerol derivative VCE-003.2 promotes subventricular zone neurogenesis and protects against mutant huntingtin-induced neurodegeneration

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Oral administration of VCE-003.2 attenuates microglial activation and motor impairment induced by mutant-huntingtin expression. Wild type C57Bl/6 N mice were injected bilaterally with mutant huntingtin expressing AAV-htt94Q and AAV-htt16Q as control. VCE-003.2 or vehicle were administered orally daily (10 mg/kg) and mice analyzed at 2 after lesion. a Motor function was assessed in the RotaRod test and mean latency to fold quantified. b Representative confocal microscopy images of huntingtin-CFP and immunoreactivity with an antibody for microglia (Iba1). Iba1 immunoreactivity was quantified in the indicated experimental groups. AAV-htt16Q Vehicle and VCE-003.2 (n = 3 and 6, respectively), AAV-htt94Q Vehicle and VCE-003.2 (n = 3 and 5, respectively). Statistics: One-way ANOVA. a F = 5.94; R2 = 0.29. **p < 0.01; q = 4.88 AAV-htt16Q Veh vs. Mut-htt94q Veh and #p < 0.05; q = 3.90 vs AAV-htt94Q Veh vs. AAV-htt94Q VCE-003.2. b F = 5.87; R2 = 0.91. #p < 0.05; q = 5.32 vs AAV-htt16Q VCE-003.2 vs. AAV-htt94Q Veh and ##p < 0.01; q = 3.49 vs AAV-htt94Q VCE-003.2 vs. AAV-htt94Q Veh. **p < 0.01; q = 9.30 AAV-htt94Q Veh vs. AAV-htt16Q Veh. Scale bar, 100 μm

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