Established patterns of animal study design undermine translation of disease-modifying therapies for Parkinson’s disease
Zeiss CJ, Allore HG, Beck AP. Established patterns of animal study design undermine translation of disease-modifying therapies for Parkinson’s disease. PLOS ONE 2017, 12: e0171790. PMID: 28182759, PMCID: PMC5300282, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171790.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisease-modifying therapiesClinical outcome measuresDisease-modifying interventionsNon-human primatesParkinson's diseaseOutcome measuresStudy designHuman studiesToxin-induced modelsHuman interventional studiesLongitudinal clinical outcomesPreclinical study designStudy design dataToxic protocolsClinical outcomesContemporary cohortNeuropathologic dataStudy design factorsInterventional studyMultiple time pointsPD phenotypeAnimal studiesIntervention characteristicsIntervention categoriesProgressive nature