HTT and Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3: These findings are consistent with results in mouse and Drosophila models of Huntington’s disease or spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3) in which elevated autophagy corresponded to reduced loads of aggregated Huntingtin (Htt) protein and ameliorated neuronal phenotypes (Ravikumar et al., 2004; Bilen and Bonini, 2007; Sarkar et al., 2007; Zheng et al., 2010; Jaiswal et al., 2012; Menzies et al., 2015).