[HTML][HTML] The pharmacology and clinical efficacy of antiseizure medications: from bromide salts to cenobamate and beyond

W Löscher, P Klein - CNS drugs, 2021 - Springer
Epilepsy is one of the most common and disabling chronic neurological disorders.
Antiseizure medications (ASMs), previously referred to as anticonvulsant or antiepileptic …

Drug resistance in epilepsy

E Perucca, P Perucca, HS White, EC Wirrell - The Lancet Neurology, 2023 - thelancet.com
Drug resistance is estimated to affect about a third of individuals with epilepsy, but its
prevalence differs in relation to the epilepsy syndrome, the cause of epilepsy, and other …

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

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Oxidative stress and neurodegeneration in animal models of seizures and epilepsy

K Łukawski, SJ Czuczwar - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Free radicals are generated in the brain, as well as in other organs, and their production is
proportional to the brain activity. Due to its low antioxidant capacity, the brain is particularly …

[HTML][HTML] Animal models of drug-resistant epilepsy as tools for deciphering the cellular and molecular mechanisms of pharmacoresistance and discovering more …

W Löscher, HS White - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the last 30 years, over 20 new anti-seizure medicines (ASMs) have been introduced into
the market for the treatment of epilepsy using well-established preclinical seizure and …

[HTML][HTML] Potential clinical and biochemical markers for the prediction of drug-resistant epilepsy: a literature review

ZQ Li, W Cao, HL Sun, X Wang, SM Li, XT Ran… - Neurobiology of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Drug resistance is a major challenge in the treatment of epilepsy. Drug-resistant epilepsy
(DRE) accounts for 30% of all cases of epilepsy and is a matter of great concern because of …

Pharmacologically targeting transient receptor potential channels for seizures and epilepsy: emerging preclinical evidence of druggability

J Jiang, Y Yu - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2023 - Elsevier
As one of the most prevalent and disabling brain disorders, epilepsy is characterized by
spontaneous seizures that result from aberrant, excessive hyperactivity of a group of highly …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular mechanisms in the genesis of seizures and epilepsy associated with viral infection

W Löscher, CL Howe - Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Seizures are a common presenting symptom during viral infections of the central nervous
system (CNS) and can occur during the initial phase of infection (“early” or acute …

Subicular Caspase‐1 Contributes to Pharmacoresistance in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

C Xu, S Zhang, Y Gong, J Nao, Y Shen… - Annals of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Unidentified mechanisms largely restrict the viability of effective therapies in
pharmacoresistant epilepsy. Our previous study revealed that hyperactivity of the subiculum …

[HTML][HTML] Bypassing the blood–brain barrier: direct intracranial drug delivery in epilepsies

M Gernert, M Feja - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Epilepsies are common chronic neurological diseases characterized by recurrent
unprovoked seizures of central origin. The mainstay of treatment involves symptomatic …