Abstract: Methods of using the antipsychotic drug aripiprazole in treating a neurodegenerative disease such as Machado-Joseph disease/Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (MJD/SCA3) are disclosed. The methods comprise administering aripiprazole in an amount effect to decrease protein aggregates in the central nervous system and intracellular forms of pathogenic proteins such as mutant ataxin-3.

Abstract: This invention pertains to a method and apparatus for thermally developing a photosensitive element. The photosensitive element includes a composition layer capable of being partially liquefied upon heating. Heating the layer causes one or more organic compounds in the layer to form a vapor. Oxidation of the vapor forms carbon dioxide and water vapor and reduces the need to manage waste streams containing the organic compounds.