Environment-dependent striatal gene expression in the BACHD rat model for Huntington disease

We examined effects of early life stress (ELS) and environmental enrichment (EE) during development on BACHD rat striatal gene expression using RNA sequencing Overall design: We used a 2×3 factorial design with two genotypes (wildtype, WT; transgene, TG) and three environmental conditions (standard environment, SE; enriched environment, EE; early life stress, ELS) to assess effects of environmental enrichment and early life stress on striatal gene expression of 2-month-old WT and BACHD rats