The long-lived Octodon degus as a rodent drug discovery model for Alzheimer's and other age-related diseases
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Hurley, Michael J.
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The long-lived Octodon degus as a rodent drug discovery model for Alzheimer's and other age-related diseases
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© 2018 Elsevier Inc. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a multifactorial progressive neurodegenerative disease. Despite decades of research, no disease modifying therapy is available and a change of research objectives and/or development of novel research tools may be required. Much AD research has been based on experimental models using animals with a short lifespan that have been extensively genetically manipulated and do not represent the full spectrum of late-onset AD, which make up the majority of cases. The aetiology of AD is heterogeneous and involves multiple factors associated with the late-onset of the disease like disturbances in brain insulin, oxidative stress, neuroinflammation, metabolic syndrome, retinal degeneration and sleep disturbances which are all progressive abnormalities that could account for many molecular, biochemical and histopathological lesions found in brain from patients dying from AD. This review is based on the long-lived rodent Octodon degus (degu) which is a
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URI: https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/167391
DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2018.03.001
ISSN: 1879016X
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Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Volumen 188,
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