Michael J. Keiser

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Name: Keiser, Michael
Organization: University of California San Francisco , USA
Department: Institute of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Title: Assistant(PhD)
Co-reporter:Matthew N. McCarroll, Leo Gendelev, Michael J. Keiser, and David Kokel
ACS Chemical Biology 2016 Volume 11(Issue 4) pp:842
Publication Date(Web):February 4, 2016
DOI:10.1021/acschembio.5b00800
Many psychiatric drugs modulate the nervous system through multitarget mechanisms. However, systematic identification of multitarget compounds has been difficult using traditional in vitro screening assays. New approaches to phenotypic profiling in zebrafish can help researchers identify novel compounds with complex polypharmacology. For example, large-scale behavior-based chemical screens can rapidly identify large numbers of structurally diverse and phenotype-related compounds. Once these compounds have been identified, a systems-level analysis of their structures may help to identify statistically enriched target pathways. Together, systematic behavioral profiling and multitarget predictions may help researchers identify new behavior-modifying pathways and CNS therapeutics.