POMC and Huntington disease: On the other hand, an HD mouse model (R6/2), which has early dysregulations in the corticostriatal pathway (Cepeda et al., 2007) and hyperactive striatal neurons (Walker et al., 2008), exhibits a reduction of the feeding-related neuropeptides (POMC, NPY, and CART) (van der Burg et al., 2008).