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ArticleCells2026

A Flupirtine Benzyl Carbamate Improves Neurocognitive Deficits and Molecular Pathology in the

Victoria Chaoul, Omar Shmoury, Ramy Alam, Sara Saab, Joelle Makoukji, Lynn Al Aridi, Nadine J Makhoul, Jihane Soueid, Angelica V Carmona, Princess Simeon and 2 more

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Article in Cells, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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12 authors.

Victoria ChaoulDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Riad El Solh, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon.ORCID 0009-0007-7583-8579
Omar ShmouryDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Riad El Solh, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon.ORCID 0009-0009-1945-5383
Ramy AlamDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Riad El Solh, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon.ORCID 0009-0003-0628-3291
Sara SaabDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Riad El Solh, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon.
Joelle MakoukjiDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Riad El Solh, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon.
Lynn Al AridiDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Riad El Solh, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon.ORCID 0009-0000-6053-8425
Nadine J MakhoulDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Riad El Solh, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon.ORCID 0009-0006-6870-2262
Jihane SoueidDepartment of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiological Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon.ORCID 0000-0002-1973-8705
Angelica V CarmonaFred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, UNMC Center for Drug Discovery, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68105, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9722-5254
Princess SimeonFred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, UNMC Center for Drug Discovery, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68105, USA.ORCID 0009-0009-1220-7870
Paul C TrippierFred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, UNMC Center for Drug Discovery, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68105, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4947-5782
Rose-Mary BoustanyDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Riad El Solh, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon.ORCID 0000-0002-2066-0079

Funding

AUB Openminds fund # 610920NIH HHS NIH/HD R01HD106590NIH HHS NIH/MH R01MH127323
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis type 6 (CLN6) is a fatal, autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by cognitive/motor impairment, vision loss, as well as neuronal loss and gliosis in the brain, and premature death. Onset typically occurs in childhood. No approved pharmacological treatments exist that halt or reverse disease progression. A novel flupirtine benzyl carbamate was orally administered to male and female

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AminopyridinesCarbamatesNeuronal Ceroid-LipofuscinosesAnimalsBrainDisease Models, AnimalFemaleMaleMiceAminopyridinesCarbamatesflupirtineapoptosisbehavioral phenotypeCln6nclf mouse modelflupirtine benzyl carbamategliosisneuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis type 6 (CLN6 disease)

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PMID41827875
PMCPMC12984176

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