Multidrug transporters (MDTs) are likely to play a role in the pathogenesis of drug resistance in epilepsy, acting at the level of the blood-brain barrier by returning antiepileptic drugs to the blood vessels and lowering brain penetration and concentration (e.g. the so-called multidrug transporter hypothesis). In the last ten years experimental studies on both animal models and human brain tissues have highlighted a potential role of the P-glycoprotein-one of the multidrug transporters of the blood-brain barrier-in the pathophysiology of drug-resistant epilepsies. At the same time, verapamil has been administered to patients with drug-resistant epilepsy (e.g., Dravet syndrome, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, focal epilepsies) or status epilepticus with promising results. In this drug profile paper the authors review current knowledge and main published studies regarding the role of the L-type calcium channel antagonist verapamil in drug-resistant epilepsy.
The possible use of the L-type calcium channel antagonist verapamil in drug-resistant epilepsy / Nicita, Francesco; Raucci, Umberto; Iannetti, Paola; Parisi, Pasquale; Spalice, Alberto. - In: EXPERT REVIEW OF NEUROTHERAPEUTICS. - ISSN 1473-7175. - STAMPA. - 16:1(2016), pp. 9-15. [10.1586/14737175.2016.1121097]
Titolo: | The possible use of the L-type calcium channel antagonist verapamil in drug-resistant epilepsy | |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2016 | |
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Citazione: | The possible use of the L-type calcium channel antagonist verapamil in drug-resistant epilepsy / Nicita, Francesco; Raucci, Umberto; Iannetti, Paola; Parisi, Pasquale; Spalice, Alberto. - In: EXPERT REVIEW OF NEUROTHERAPEUTICS. - ISSN 1473-7175. - STAMPA. - 16:1(2016), pp. 9-15. [10.1586/14737175.2016.1121097] | |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11573/843147 | |
Appartiene alla tipologia: | 01a Articolo in rivista |
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