[HTML][HTML] Sigma-1 receptor and seizures

E Vavers, L Zvejniece, M Dambrova - Pharmacological Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the last decade, sigma-1 receptor (Sig1R) has been recognized as a valid target for the
treatment of seizure disorders and seizure-related comorbidities. Clinical trials with Sig1R …

[HTML][HTML] Outside the box: medications worth considering when traditional antiepileptic drugs have failed

AL Turner, MS Perry - Seizure, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose Review and discuss medications efficacious for seizure control, despite primary
indications for other diseases, as treatment options in patients who have failed therapy with …

The effect of fluoxetine on penicillin-induced epileptiform activity

H Aygun - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2019 - Elsevier
Aim Depression is the most frequent psychiatric comorbidity in patients with epilepsy.
Fluoxetine is the most widely used selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) in …

Arbidol, an antiviral drug, identified as a sodium channel blocker with anticonvulsant activity

M Li, Y Jin, J Wu, M Zhao, K Yu… - British Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose Sodium channel blockers (SCBs) have traditionally been utilized
as anti‐seizure medications by primarily targeting the inactivation process. In a drug …

Dysfunctional sodium channel kinetics as a novel epilepsy mechanism in chromosome 15q11‐q13 duplication syndrome

M Elamin, F Lemtiri‐Chlieh, TM Robinson… - Epilepsia, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Duplication of the maternal chromosome 15q11. 2‐q13. 1 region causes Dup15q
syndrome, a highly penetrant neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by severe autism …

Rufinamide (RUF) suppresses inflammation and maintains the integrity of the blood–brain barrier during kainic acid-induced brain damage

H Yu, B He, X Han, T Yan - Open Life Sciences, 2021 - degruyter.com
Rufinamide (RUF) is a structurally unique anti-epileptic drug, but its protective mechanism
against brain injury remains unclear. In the present study, we validated how the RUF …

In-silico Identification and Analysis of Hub Proteins for Designing Novel First-line Anti-seizure Medications

P Kumar, D Sheokand, V Saini… - Letters in Drug Design & …, 2023 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Epilepsy is a seizure-related disease with different symptoms and types,
depending on the origin and propagation region of the brain. There are several marketed …

The effect of selective opioid receptor agonists and antagonists on epileptiform activity in morphine-dependent infant mice hippocampal slices

Y Panahi, E Saboory, A Rassouli… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Hippocampal slices of mouse brain were used to estimate how selective agonist and
antagonist of opioid receptors alter Low-Mg+ 2 artificial cerebrospinal fluid (LM-ACSF) …

Cholestane-3β, 5α, 6β-triol suppresses neuronal hyperexcitability via binding to voltage-gated sodium channels

L Tang, M Yan, T Leng, W Yin, S Cai, S Duan… - Biochemical and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Neuronal hyperexcitability is identified as a critical pathological basis of epileptic seizures.
Cholestane-3β, 5α, 6β-triol (Triol) is a major metabolic oxysterol of cholesterol. Although its …

Effect of Rufinamide on the kainic acid-induced excitotoxic neuronal death in the mouse hippocampus

JA Park, CH Lee - Archives of pharmacal research, 2018 - Springer
Rufinamide (RUF) is a structurally unique anti-epileptic drug, used in the treatment of
seizure disorders such as Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. In the present study, we investigated …