title: RIFAMPICIN: an antibiotic with brain protective function.
abstract: Besides its well known antibiotic activity rifampicin exerts multiple brain protective functions in acute cerebral ischemia and chronic neurodegeneration. The present mini-review gives an update of the unique activity of rifampicin in different diseases including Parkinson's disease, meningitis, stroke, Alzheimer's disease and optic nerve injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Istanbul-Medipol, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: burakyulug@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Burak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yulug
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Istanbul-Medipol, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Lütfü
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hanoglu
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Brain Research Laboratory, University of Istanbul-Medipol, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ertugrul
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kilic
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Bethel-EvKB, Bielefeld, Germany.
authors.forename: Wolf Rüdiger
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Schabitz
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000188:drug therapy; D000818:Animals; D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008581:Meningitis / Q000188:drug therapy; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D020221:Optic Nerve Injuries / Q000188:drug therapy; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000188:drug therapy; D011965:Receptors, Glucocorticoid / Q000378:metabolism; D012293:Rifampin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D020521:Stroke / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents; D011965:Receptors, Glucocorticoid; D012293:Rifampin
keywords: Alzheimer's disease; Meningitis; Optic nerve injury; Parkinson's disease; Rifampicin; Stroke