Article
Preclinical Evidence Supporting Early Initiation of Citalopram Treatment in Machado-Joseph Disease.
Molecular neurobiology - 1 May 2019
Esteves Sofia, Oliveira Stéphanie, Duarte-Silva Sara, Cunha-Garcia Daniela, Teixeira-Castro Andreia, Maciel Patrícia
Abstract excerpt
Spinocerebellar ataxias are dominantly inherited neurodegenerative disorders with no disease-modifying treatment. We previously identified the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor citalopram as a safe and effective drug to be repurposed for Machado-Joseph disease. Pre-symptomatic treatment of transgenic (CMVMJD135) mice strikingly ameliorated mutant ataxin-3 (ATXN3) pathogenesis. Here, we asked whether...
Topics
- Animals
- Ataxin-3
- Citalopram
- Gait
- Machado-Joseph Disease
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Transgenic
- Motor Activity
- Neuroprotective Agents
- Phenotype
- Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion
