Single-target versus multi-target drugs versus combinations of drugs with multiple targets: preclinical and clinical evidence for the treatment or prevention of epilepsy

W Löscher - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Rationally designed multi-target drugs (also termed multimodal drugs, network therapeutics,
or designed multiple ligands) have emerged as an attractive drug discovery paradigm in the …

Advances in epilepsy: mechanisms, clinical trials, and drug therapies

T Hu, J Zhang, J Wang, L Sha, Y **a… - Journal of medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Epilepsy is a common disease of the nervous system characterized by transient brain
dysfunction caused by an abnormal electrical discharge from the brain neurons. The …

Green synthesis, anti-proliferative evaluation, docking, and MD simulations studies of novel 2-piperazinyl quinoxaline derivatives using hercynite sulfaguanidine-SA …

Z Esam, M Akhavan, A Mirshafa, A Bekhradnia - RSC advances, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In this study, the immobilization of sulfaguanidine-SA on the surface of FeAl2O4 (hercynite)
MNPs (magnetic nanoparticles) as a novel acid nanocatalyst has been successfully reported …

Recent advances in computational studies on voltage‐gated sodium channels: Drug design and mechanism studies

G Wang, L Xu, H Chen, Y Liu, P Pan… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Voltage‐gated sodium channels (VGSCs/Navs), which control the flow of Na+ and affect the
generation of action potentials (APs), have been regarded as essential targets for many …

Cannabidiol (CBD) inhibited rhodamine-123 efflux in cultured vascular endothelial cells and astrocytes under hypoxic conditions

J Auzmendi, P Palestro, A Blachman… - Frontiers in Behavioral …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Despite the constant development of new antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), more than 30% of
patients develop refractory epilepsy (RE) characterized by a multidrug-resistant (MDR) …

P-loop channels: experimental structures, and physics-based and neural networks-based models

DB Tikhonov, BS Zhorov - Membranes, 2022 - mdpi.com
The superfamily of P-loop channels includes potassium, sodium, and calcium channels, as
well as TRP channels and ionotropic glutamate receptors. A rapidly increasing number of …

[HTML][HTML] Virtual screening-based drug development for the treatment of nervous system diseases

Q Li, Z Ma, S Qin, WJ Zhao - Current Neuropharmacology, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The incidence rate of nervous system diseases has increased in recent years. Nerve injury
or neurodegenerative diseases usually cause neuronal loss and neuronal circuit damage …

Synthesis, in vivo and in silico anticonvulsant activity studies of new derivatives of 2-(2, 4-dioxo-1, 4-dihydroquinazolin-3 (2H)-yl) acetamide

WM El Kayal, SY Shtrygol, SV Zalevskyi… - European journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
In order to expand the arsenal of biologically active substances of anticonvulsive action by
the interaction of 2-(2, 4-dioxo-1, 4-dihydroquinazolin-3 (2H)-yl) acetic acid with the …

[HTML][HTML] Parabens inhibit hNaV 1.2 channels

A Enrique, P Martín, ML Sbaraglini, A Talevi… - Biomedicine & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Propylparaben, a commonly used antimicrobial preservative, has been reported as an
anticonvulsant agent targeting neuronal Na+ channels (Na V). However, the specific …

Structural Studies of Ion Channels: Achievements, Problems, and Perspectives

BS Zhorov, DB Tikhonov - … Moscow), Supplement Series A: Membrane and …, 2024 - Springer
The superfamily of membrane proteins known as P-loop channels encompasses potassium,
sodium, and calcium channels, as well as TRP channels and ionotropic glutamate receptors …