Need of orthogonal approaches in neurological disease modeling in mouse

TL;DR

This mini-review discusses the need for new strategies in mouse models to better understand and treat neurological diseases.

Contribution

The paper highlights recent intriguing strategies that could inspire improvements in animal models for neurological diseases.

Findings

Recent approaches in disease modeling show potential for enhancing translatability to human conditions.

Orthogonal methods may lead to more reliable and successful outcomes in neurological disease research.

Abstract

Over the years, advancements in modeling neurological diseases have revealed innovative strategies aimed at gaining deeper insights and developing more effective treatments for these complex conditions. However, these progresses have recently been overshadowed by an increasing number of failures in clinical trials, raising doubts about the reliability and translatability of this type of disease modeling. This mini-review does not aim to provide a comprehensive overview of the current state-of-the-art in disease mouse modeling. Instead, it offers a brief excursus over some recent approaches in modeling neurological diseases to pinpoint a few intriguing strategies applied in the field that may serve as sources of inspiration for improving currently available animal models. In particular, we aim to guide the reader toward the potential success of adopting a more orthogonal approach in the study of human diseases.

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