FABP7 and brain ischemia: Other studies have also suggested positive effects of FABP7 deficiency on neurological prognosis; FABP7 upregulation induces a neurotoxic phenotype in an astrocyte-motor neuron co-culture model43, and the administration of an FABP inhibitor reduces brain infarct volumes and neurological deficits in a mouse cerebral ischemia–reperfusion injury model44.