Guanabenz Treatment Accelerates Disease in a Mutant SOD1 Mouse Model of ALS.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by loss of motor neurons. The mechanisms leading to motor neuron degeneration in ALS are unclear. However, there is evidence for involvement of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and the unfolded protein resp...

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Main Authors: Fernando G Vieira, Qinggong Ping, Andy J Moreno, Joshua D Kidd, Kenneth Thompson, Bingbing Jiang, John M Lincecum, Monica Z Wang, Gerard S De Zutter, Valerie R Tassinari, Beth Levine, Theo Hatzipetros, Alan Gill, Steven Perrin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4545826?pdf=render