Animal models
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease of the central nervous system, which predominantly affects young adults. A few medications can be used to treat the symptoms but they have limited efficacy or safety. Thus, the search for new and more effective treatments for MS remains an area of great focus.
NEUROFIT offers several preclinical models relevant for drug testing in MS. The rat model highlighted herein is translatable to clinical setting of Relapsing/Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RR-MS). Similarly to MS patients, affected rats show dexamethasone-sensitive disease relapse.