Fighting neurodegeneration with rapamycin: mechanistic insights

@article{Bov2011FightingNW,
  title={Fighting neurodegeneration with rapamycin: mechanistic insights},
  author={Jordi Bov{\'e} and Marta Mart{\'i}nez-Vicente and Miquel Vila},
  journal={Nature Reviews Neuroscience},
  year={2011},
  volume={12},
  pages={437-452}
}
A growing number of studies point to rapamycin as a pharmacological compound that is able to provide neuroprotection in several experimental models of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease and spinocerebellar ataxia type 3. In addition, rapamycin exerts strong anti-ageing effects in several species, including mammals. By inhibiting the activity of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), rapamycin influences a variety of essential… 
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