Thalidomide for Nerve Cell Damage Caused by Ischemia

Notoriously remembered as a major pharmaceutical scandal approximately 60 years ago, The drug thalidomide may have a neuroprotective effect, reducing both oxidative stress and inflammatory response, but the exact molecular mechanisms of thalidomide on the brain were unknown.

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Thalidomide for nerve cell damage caused by ischemia
- the drug may have a neuroprotective effect
- side effect can result in severe birth defects

Nerve Cell Damage Caused by Ischemia may be Treated With Thalidomide

The neuroprotective effect of thalidomide against ischemia through the cereblon-mediated repression of AMPK activity has been proved by recent research. Thalidomide may suppress nerve cell death. Read More

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