Burak Yulug , Lütfü Hanoglu , Ertugrul Kilic, Wolf Rüdiger Schabitz
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.