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Minocycline and doxycycline are not beneficial in a model of Huntington's disease.
Annals of neurology - 1 Aug 2003
Smith Donna L, Woodman Benjamin, Mahal Amarbirpal, Sathasivam Kirupa, Ghazi-Noori Shabnam, Lowden Philip A S, Bates Gillian P, Hockly Emma
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Huntington's Disease (HD) is an inherited neurological disorder causing movement impairment, personality changes, dementia, and premature death, for which there is currently no effective therapy. The modified tetracycline antibiotic, minocycline, has been reported to ameliorate the disease phenotype in the R6/2 mouse model of HD. Because the tetracyclines have also been reported to inhibit aggregation in other...
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