The Promise of Minocycline in Neurology
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The capacity of minocycline to alleviate disease for several neurological disorders in animals is increasingly being recognised. Indeed, that one drug alone can attenuate the severity of disease in stroke, multiple sclerosis, spinal-cord injury, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is astounding. In this review, we describe the evidence for the efficacy of minocycline in several animal models of neurological disease, discuss the mechanisms by which minocycline affects a range of neurological diseases with diverse causes, and introduce the emerging investigation of minocycline in clinical neurology. The encouraging results of minocycline in experimental neurology bode well for its therapeutic use in human neurological diseases.
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Minocycline efficiently crosses the BBB.
“Thanks to the ability to efficiently cross the BBB, minocycline is considered neuroprotective for a variety of neurological conditions, including PD [251,252,253,254,255,256,257].”
From The Interplay between Gut Microbiota and Parkinson’s Disease: Implications on Diagnosis and Treatment (2022) · cites this paper as [253]
Minocycline is considered neuroprotective for a variety of neurological conditions, including PD.
“Thanks to the ability to efficiently cross the BBB, minocycline is considered neuroprotective for a variety of neurological conditions, including PD [251,252,253,254,255,256,257].”
From The Interplay between Gut Microbiota and Parkinson’s Disease: Implications on Diagnosis and Treatment (2022) · cites this paper as [253]
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- Authors
- Yong, V. W., Wells, J., Giuliani, F., Casha, S., Power, C., & Metz, L. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Calgary (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Yong, V Wee
- Venue
- The Lancet Neurology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2004-12
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 744-751
- ISSN
- 1474-4422 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2063885093
- Cited by
- 518
- References
- 64
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 2.51
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Lancet Neurology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
- Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neurological Disorders and Treatments
- Keywords
- minocycline, neuroprotection, stroke, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, animal models of neurological disease, clinical trials
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Humans, Minocycline, Nervous System Diseases
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