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Instead, the majority, are transported to the cytoplasm where they elicit micro-RNA (miRNA) or RNA binding protein (RBP)-sponging functions, or could be translated. CircRNAs are abundantly expressed in brain tissue, where they do not only act as regulators of brain development and physiology, but can also contribute to complex neurological conditions. In fact, deregulated circRNA expression levels were described in neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders, like Alzheimer\u2019s disease, Parkinson\u2019s disease and Huntington\u2019s disease. Because of their described roles in pathology, these molecules may not only represent possible disease bio-markers, but they could even function as disease modifiers. As such, they could be targeted or protected in search of novel routes of therapeutic intervention. 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