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NEUROPHARMACOLOGY
Volume 73, Issue -, Pages 174-182Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2013.04.059
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Antibacterial; Antifungal; Neuroprotection
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This review considers available evidence that some antibiotics have ancillary neuroprotective effects. Notably, beta-lactam antibiotics are believed to increase the expression of glutamate transporter GLT1, potentially relieving the neurological excitotoxicity that characterizes disorders like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Minocyclihe has shown promise in reducing the severity of a number of neurological diseases, including multiple sclerosis, most likely by reducing apoptosis and the expression of inflammatory mediators in the brain. Rapamycin inhibits the activity of a serine/threonine protein kinase that has a role in the pathogenesis of numerous neurologic diseases. Herein we examine the unique neuroprotective aspects of these drugs originally developed as anti-infective agents. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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