Anticonvulsant, antiepileptogenic, and antiictogenic pharmacostrategies
2007
Pharmacological concepts tailored to status epilepticus, to epileptogenesis following acquired brain insults, and to ictogenesis in established epilepsy vary considerably and should ideally be directed at those pathophysiological mechanisms that presumably underly these conditions. Currently known important molecular targets include voltage-gated sodium and calcium channels, the γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) system and ionotropic glutamate receptors. Metabotropic glutamate receptors, potassium channels, and neurotransmitters such as acetylcholine, glycine, and monoamines are beyond the scope of this review.
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