This study demonstrates that the most significant associations between NfL and subsequent neuronal change are localized to the occipital lobe, one of the earliest cortical regions thought to undergo atrophy in HD.2,17,18 While previous studies have found that the occipital lobe appears to be an early region of neural change, neuropathology studies have found that in more advanced cases of HD, cortical atrophy is globally distributed.19 The significant association between higher NfL and subsequent atrophy suggests that NfL is sensitive to some of the earliest cortical atrophy in HD. The gene discussed is NEFL; the disease is Atrophy.