Piperidine derivatives: recent advances in synthesis and pharmacological applications

NA Frolov, AN Vereshchagin - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Piperidines are among the most important synthetic fragments for designing drugs and play
a significant role in the pharmaceutical industry. Their derivatives are present in more than …

Novel approaches, drug candidates, and targets in pain drug discovery

S Obeng, T Hiranita, F León, LR McMahon… - Journal of medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Because of the problems associated with opioids, drug discovery efforts have been
employed to develop opioids with reduced side effects using approaches such as biased …

Current emerging therapeutic targets and clinical investigational agents for schizophrenia: challenges and opportunities

N Ye, Q Wang, Y Li, X Zhen - Medicinal Research Reviews, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Since the first discovery of antipsychotics in the 1950s, targeting dopaminergic drugs has
manifested to well manage the positive symptoms of schizophrenia with limited efficacy for …

An emerging role for sigma-1 receptors in the treatment of developmental and epileptic encephalopathies

P Martin, T Reeder, J Sourbron, PAM de Witte… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEEs) are complex conditions
characterized primarily by seizures associated with neurodevelopmental and motor deficits …

Discovery of potent cholinesterase inhibition-based multi-target-directed lead compounds for synaptoprotection in Alzheimer's disease

B Turgutalp, P Bhattarai, T Ercetin, C Luise… - Journal of medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Drug development efforts that focused on single targets failed to provide effective treatment
for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Therefore, we designed cholinesterase inhibition (ChEI) …

[HTML][HTML] Fenfluramine treatment is associated with improvement in everyday executive function in preschool-aged children (< 5 years) with Dravet syndrome: a critical …

KI Bishop, PK Isquith, GA Gioia, KG Knupp… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective To evaluate whether fenfluramine (FFA) is associated with improvement in
everyday executive function (EF)—self-regulation—in preschool-aged children with Dravet …

Sigma-1 receptors in depression: mechanism and therapeutic development

P Ren, J Wang, N Li, G Li, H Ma, Y Zhao… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Depression is the most common type of neuropsychiatric illness and has increasingly
become a major cause of disability. Unfortunately, the recent global pandemic of COVID-19 …

Overview of sigma-1R subcellular specific biological functions and role in neuroprotection

V Lachance, SM Bélanger, C Hay, V Le Corvec… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
For the past several years, fundamental research on Sigma-1R (S1R) protein has unveiled
its necessity for maintaining proper cellular homeostasis through modulation of calcium and …

[HTML][HTML] Sigma-1 receptor-regulated efferocytosis by infiltrating circulating macrophages/microglial cells protects against neuronal impairments and promotes …

G Zhang, Q Li, W Tao, P Qin, J Chen, H Yang… - Theranostics, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Efferocytosis of apoptotic neurons by macrophages is essential for the
resolution of inflammation and for neuronal protection from secondary damage. It is known …

The state-of-the-art pharmacotherapeutic options for the treatment of chronic non-cancer pain

RS D'Souza, B Langford, RE Wilson… - Expert Opinion on …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Pharmacotherapeutic options continue to expand for the treatment of chronic
non-cancer pain. There has been an increasing emphasis on multimodal analgesia. This …