This news item is about: The factors that govern normal cellular function or dictate disease states are manifold, and many of them are yet to be discovered. Often though, the answer lies in the function of proteins that contribute to a certain pathway or process. For instance, Dr. Holger Sondermann's work in understanding the role and molecular mechanism of certain proteins involved in neuronal signaling may bring us closer to understanding the pathology of diseases, such as Huntington's.