Huntington's Disease
, also known as Huntington's chorea is a genetic disorder
that usually shows up in someone in their thirties and forties, destroys the
mind and body and leads to insanity and death within ten to twenty years. The
disease works by degenerating the ganglia (a pair of nerve clusters deep in the
brain that controls movement, thought, perception, and memory) and cortex by
using energy incorrectly. The brain will starve the neurons (brain cells), and
sometimes make them work harder than usual, causing extreme mental stress. The
result is jerky, random, uncontrollable, rapid move ....
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