Neuroprotection Offered By Antibiotics

Jeffrey Rothstein and his colleagues show that certain types of antibiotics can make this happen. Moreover, they reveal that the antibiotics do this by activating the right gene to generate more of the glutamate transporter. The scientists explain that transporter expression in mice increases using this method.

Rothstein and his fellow researchers demonstrate that using the antibiotics delayed the loss of neurons in the animal model of the fatal disease ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). The finding reveals unexpected neuroprotective properties of these drugs.
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Jeffrey Rothstein (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA)
Tel: +1 410 614 3846
E-mail: jrothste@jhmi.edu

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