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Development of SV2A Ligands for Epilepsy Treatment: A Review of Levetiracetam, Brivaracetam, and Padsevonil
Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder that is primarily treated with antiseizure medications (ASMs). Although dozens of ASMs are available in...
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Clinical Bridging Studies and Modeling Approach for Implementation of a Patient Centric Sampling Technique in Padsevonil Clinical Development
Volumetric absorptive microsampling (VAMS) techniques have gained popularity these last years as innovative tool for collection of blood...
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On the Development of New Drugs for the Treatment of Drug-Resistant Epilepsy: An Update on Different Approaches to Different Hypotheses
Despite the continuous expansion of the available pharmacological options for the treatment of epilepsies and remarkable advances in understanding... -
Polypharmacology in Clinical Applications: Neurological Polypharmacology
Neurological disorders include diverse subgroups, including neuromuscular diseases, genetic and metabolic disorders, developmental delay, traumatic... -
Presynaptic antiseizure medications - basic mechanisms and clues for their rational combinations
Among clinically highly efficient antiseizure medications (ASMs) there are modifiers of the presynaptic release machinery. Of them, levetiracetam and...
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Assessment of cerebral drug occupancy in humans using a single PET-scan: A [11C]UCB-J PET study
PurposeHere, we evaluate a PET displacement model with a Single-step and Numerical solution in healthy individuals using the synaptic vesicle...
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Protocol for 6 Hz Corneal Stimulation in Rodents for Refractory Seizures
The 6-hertz (6 Hz) model is an effective tool to screen drugs for psychomotor seizures and/or treatment-resistant focal seizures. It is known to... -
Glutamate and Epilepsy: An Insight from Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
The normal physiology of neurons is achieved through a delicate balance between excitatory and inhibitory synapses. Any disruption of such intricate... -
D-galactose Supplementation for the Treatment of Mild Malformation of Cortical Development with Oligodendroglial Hyperplasia in Epilepsy (MOGHE): A Pilot Trial of Precision Medicine After Epilepsy Surgery
MOGHE is defined as mild malformation of cortical development with oligodendroglial hyperplasia in epilepsy. Approximately half of the patients with...
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Structures of synaptic vesicle protein 2A and 2B bound to anticonvulsants
Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder characterized by abnormal activity of neuronal networks, leading to seizures. The racetam class of...
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The Pharmacology and Clinical Efficacy of Antiseizure Medications: From Bromide Salts to Cenobamate and Beyond
Epilepsy is one of the most common and disabling chronic neurological disorders. Antiseizure medications (ASMs), previously referred to as...
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Validation of Parametric Methods for [11C]UCB-J PET Imaging Using Subcortical White Matter as Reference Tissue
PurposeThe aim of this study was to evaluate different non-invasive methods for generating (R)-1-((3-([ 11 C]methyl)pyridin-4-yl)methyl)-4-(3,4,5-trifl...
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Quantifying SV2A density and drug occupancy in the human brain using [11C]UCB-J PET imaging and subcortical white matter as reference tissue
PurposeA [ 11 C]UCB-J blocking study was performed in healthy volunteers to validate simplified, non-invasive measures for quantifying presynaptic...
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