{"id":6412,"date":"2016-10-10T09:33:01","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T09:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.neurodegenerationresearch.eu\/?p=6412"},"modified":"2016-10-10T09:33:01","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T09:33:01","slug":"delaying-motor-neuron-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neurodegenerationresearch.eu\/pt-pt\/2016\/10\/delaying-motor-neuron-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Delaying motor neuron loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers have identified a potential treatment to delay motor neuron loss and symptoms in the inevitably fatal motor neuron disease (MND).<\/p>\n<p>Researchers said triheptanoin, a synthetic triglyceride oil, might help to address problems with energy metabolism associated with the neurodegenerative disease.<\/p>\n<p>The research, published in <em>PLOS ONE<\/em>, tested if giving oral triheptanoin could prevent cell death and symptom onset in an animal model of MND.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe found that motor neuron loss was reduced by a third and loss of limb strength and body weight were delayed,\u201d said Dr Karin Borge, one of the authors of the study. \u201cOur data showed an improvement in disease symptoms when treatment was initiated prior to their onset. 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