Mouse Model May Unlock Secrets Of Rare Brain Disease

Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a rare degenerative brain syndrome that is often mistaken for Parkinson’s disease.Right now, doctors have no drugs specifically tailored to treat MSA, but researchers say a newly designed mouse model could change all that.Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine say the new strain of mice display symptoms similar to human MSA, and they are hopeful it will lead to new drug targets.