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ArticleExperimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.)2018

Drug discovery and development: Biomarkers of neurotoxicity and neurodegeneration.

Abigail L Walker, Syed Z Imam, Ruth A Roberts

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Article in Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed.

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  9. In vitro human ion channel assays predictive of drug-induced seizure.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2025
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  12. Visual detection of seizures in mice using supervised machine learning.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
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  13. Data science in drug discovery safety: Challenges and opportunities.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2023
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  17. Journal of chemical information and modeling · 2023
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  20. Profiling Secreted miRNA Biomarkers of Chemical-Induced Neurodegeneration in Human iPSC-Derived Neurons.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Abigail L Walker1 Brain Science Masters Programme, Department of Neuroscience and Psychology, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
Syed Z Imam2 Division of Neurotoxicology, US FDA NCTR, Jefferson, AR 72079, USA.
Ruth A Roberts3 Apconix, Alderley Park, SK10 4TG, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7763-7558

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

impact statementAttrition in drug discovery and development remains a major challenge. Safety/toxicity is the most prevalent reason for failure with cardiovascular and CNS toxicities predominating. Non-invasive biomarkers of neurotoxicity would provide significant advantage by allowing earlier prediction of likely neurotoxicity in preclinical studies as well as facilitating clinical trials of new therapies for neurodegenerative conditions such as Parkinson's disease (PD) and multiple sclerosis (MS).

Indexed as

Drug DiscoveryAnimalsBiomarkersBrain InjuriesDisease Models, AnimalHumansNeurodegenerative DiseasesNeurotoxicity SyndromesBiomarkersBiomarkerscentral nervous systemdrug developmentdrug safetyneurodegenerationtoxicology

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PMID30253665
PMCPMC6434454

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