Finding Drug Repurposing Candidates for Neurodegenerative Diseases using Zebrafish Behavioral Profiles.

ABSTRACT: Drug repurposing can accelerate drug development while reducing the cost and risk of toxicity typically associated with de novo drug design. Several disorders lacking pharmacological solutions and exhibiting poor results in clinical trials - such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) - could benefit from a cost-effective approach to finding new therapeutics. We previously developed a neural network model, Z-LaP Tracker, capable of quantifying behaviors in zebrafish larvae relevant to cognitive function, including activity, reactivity, swimming patterns, and optomotor response in the presence of visual and acoustic stimuli. Using this model, we performed a high-throughput screening of FDA-approved drugs to identify compounds that affect zebrafish larval behavior in a manner consistent with the distin

SUBMITTER: Hernandez TDR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10515830 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature