Our findings indicate that exposure to specific light conditions accelerates CLN3-dependent retinal degeneration, and that immunomodulation by minocycline could be a possible treatment option to delay vision loss in jNCL patients.This article has an associated First Person interview with the first author of the paper.
Juvenile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (JNCL), or Batten disease, is a childhood neurodegenerative disease that is characterized clinically by progressive visual loss, seizures, dementia, and motor incoordination.
Juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (JNCL), or Batten disease, is a pediatric neurodegenerative disease characterized by vision loss, seizure activity, cognitive decline, and premature death.