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Pridopidine modifies disease phenotype in a SOD1 mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
The European journal of neuroscience - 1 Mar 2022
Estévez-Silva Héctor M, Mediavilla Tomás, Giacobbo Bruno Lima, Liu Xijia, Sultan Fahad R, Marcellino Daniel J
Abstract excerpt
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a lethal and incurable neurodegenerative disease due to the loss of upper and lower motor neurons, which leads to muscle weakness, atrophy, and paralysis. Sigma-1 receptor (σ-1R) is a ligand-operated protein that exhibits pro-survival and anti-apoptotic properties. In addition, mutations in its codifying gene are linked to development of juvenile ALS pointing to an important...
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