Zonisamide: newer antiepileptic agent with multiple mechanisms of action.

abstract：:Glucocorticoids exert a variety of immunomodulatory activities. Since changes in glucocorticoid homeostasis impact on susceptibility to autoimmune diseases, and synthetic glucocorticoids are widely used in the treatment of multiple sclerosis, a detailed understanding of their mechanism of action is desirable. Experime...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Reichardt HM,Gold R,Lühder F

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cognitive behavioral therapy has been found to be efficacious in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). However, reviews of the clinical significance has indicated that approximately 50% of patients with GAD return to a 'well' status following treatment. So how might the field advance? One way is to base...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Heiden Cv

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seizures are often the presenting symptoms of a cerebral tumor and may precede its diagnosis by many years. The article under evaluation searched two large English registries for patients admitted for new-onset epilepsy. The risk of subsequently being diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor was found to be 26-fold high...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Schucht P,Duffau H

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central pain, which follows brain and spinal cord injury remains an ill-treated entity affecting approximately 1-2 million people worldwide. When oral drugs fail, either immediately or in the long run, the only therapeutic option is neuromodulation, via either electrical or chemical means. The whole spectrum of neurom...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Canavero S,Bonicalzi V

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Chronic Tic Disorders and Tourette's Disorder (collectively referred to as TD) are characterized by sudden, rapid, and repetitive motor movements or vocalizations called tics. Children, adolescents, and adults with TD often experience co-occurring psychiatric symptoms and impairments in multiple domains....

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Essoe JK,Grados MA,Singer HS,Myers NS,McGuire JF

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Most preventive migraine treatments modify the brain's excitation/inhibition balance and/or serotonin metabolism, which likely accounts for their unfavorable adverse effect profile. Novel biological therapies blocking CGRP transmission are effective and better tolerated, but they are expensive and may no...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Lisicki M,Schoenen J

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gliomas constitute the most frequent and malignant primary brain tumors. Current standard therapeutic strategies (surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapeutics, e.g., temozolomide, carmustin or carboplatin) for their treatment are only palliative and survival diagnosis is normally 6-12 months. The development of new the...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Parolaro D,Massi P

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive degenerative neuromuscular disorder characterized by loss of spinal motor neurons leading to muscle weakness. This review article focuses on a novel antisense oligonucleotide treatment, first ever approved for SMA (nusinersen, SpinrazaTM) and describe...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Chiriboga CA

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Non-convulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) is a complex and diverse condition which is often an under-recognised entity in the intensive care unit. When NCSE is identified the optimal treatment strategy is not always clear. Areas covered: This review is based on a literature review of the key literature in t...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Kinney MO,Kaplan PW

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS). The modern treatment era for MS witnessed a growing pool of drugs now available for use in clinical practice. These therapies work at different levels, however there is a lack of treatments acting on the neurode...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Ruggieri S,Tortorella C,Gasperini C

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Neurodegenerative processes occur from the beginning of multiple sclerosis, contribute to irreversible clinical disability and are only partially addressed by current disease-modifying therapies. Reliable quantification of neuro-axonal damage may contribute to improve the assessment of disease activity and...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Preziosa P,Rocca MA,Filippi M

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) have therapeutic applications that extend beyond epilepsy to include neuropathic pain, migraine headaches and psychiatric disorders. The risk of some AEDs has been clearly established, but for newer drugs, small sample sizes and polytherapy exposures preclude a conclusive determination ...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Hill DS,Wlodarczyk BJ,Palacios AM,Finnell RH

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease is an age-related dementia and its incidence is rising in developed countries as the population ages. Amyloid plaques and tau-rich neurofibrillary tangles are pathologic hallmarks of the disease. Treatment is symptomatic, consisting of compounds that block enzymatic acetylcholine degradation (acety...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Silverberg GD,Mayo M,Saul T,Carvalho J,McGuire D

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kynurenine pathway has received increasing attention as its connection to inflammation, the immune system and neurological conditions has become more apparent. It is the primary route for tryptophan catabolism in the liver and the starting point for the synthesis of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide in mammals. Dy...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Davis I,Liu A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Friedreich ataxia (FRDA) is a progressive, inherited, neurodegenerative disease for which there is currently no cure or approved treatment. FRDA is caused by deficits in the production and expression of frataxin, a protein found in the mitochondria that is most likely responsible for regulating iron-sulfur...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Strawser C,Schadt K,Hauser L,McCormick A,Wells M,Larkindale J,Lin H,Lynch DR

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaplastic glioma (AG) is divided into three morphology-based groups (anaplastic astrocytoma, anaplastic oligodendroglioma, anaplastic oligoastrocytoma) as well as three molecular groups (glioma-CpG island methylation phenotype [G-CIMP] negative, G-CIMP positive non-1p19q codeleted tumors and G-CIMP positive codeleted...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Le Rhun E,Taillibert S,Chamberlain MC

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary brain tumors are generally difficult to treat because of the unique location of the lesions. In addition, normal brain structures are often destroyed by the growing neoplasm. Even with effective therapy to surgically resect and destroy the neoplastic tissues, the brain is sometimes still injured, which can lea...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Schaller BJ,Buchfelder M

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nausea and vomiting continue to present significant problems for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Initial work suggested an important role for central dopamine transmission in the underlying pathophysiology. However, recent evidence has implicated central and peripheral serotonin release. Although the implemen...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Roffman JL,Pirl WF

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral folate deficiency is defined as any neurological condition associated with low cerebrospinal fluid folate concentrations. It is becoming increasingly associated with several neurological diseases, either genetic or environmental. Treatment of cerebral folate deficiency by folate supplementation is generally e...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Molero-Luis M,Serrano M,O'Callaghan MM,Sierra C,Pérez-Dueñas B,García-Cazorla A,Artuch R

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic thrombolysis with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator is the first therapy proven to be effective in acute ischemic stroke. Nevertheless, its efficacy and feasibility are still a matter of debate. Much of this debate derives from uncertainties regarding patient eligibility and problems implementing this ...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Koennecke HC

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Initial descriptions of bipolar disorder (BD) emphasized that patients returned to a baseline condition after acute episodes. Such definitions were operational in teasing bipolar disorder apart from schizophrenia, where patients were described to be permanently impaired after the initial episodes. However, this view o...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Kapczinski F,Frey BN,Kauer-Sant'Anna M,Grassi-Oliveira R

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Vitamin B6 dependent epilepsies are a group of treatable diseases (ALDH7A1 deficiency, PNPO deficiency, PLP binding protein deficiency, hyperprolinaemia type II and hypophosphatasia and glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor synthesis defects) responding to pyridoxine or pyridoxal-5I-phosphate. Areas covere...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Mastrangelo M,Cesario S

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the accumulation of β-amyloid peptides and neurofibrilllary tangles in brain, resulting in neuronal death and loss of cognitive abilities. It has been hypothesized that longstanding psychological stress can result in neural degenerat...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Johansson L

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common CNS disorder occurring worldwide. There is neither proven effective prevention for AD nor a cure for patients with this disorder. Hence, there is an urgent need to develop safer and more efficacious drugs to help combat the tremendous increase in disease progression. The pre...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Prakash A,Kalra J,Mani V,Ramasamy K,Majeed AB

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Babies born to mothers exposed to antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are at increased risk for major congenital malformations, cognitive impairment and fetal death. For the millions of women with epilepsy, maintaining the safest drug that will successfully prevent seizures during pregnancy remains a primary consideration. The...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Tatum WO

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Therapy with current antiepileptic drugs aims at reducing the likelihood of seizure occurrence rather than influencing the underlying disease process. Therefore, antiepileptic drugs have an anticonvulsant rather than antiepileptic property. Areas covered: The increasing identification of genetic causes for...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Reif PS,Tsai MH,Helbig I,Rosenow F,Klein KM

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The role of EEG in neonatal seizure detection is well-established, being the multichannel video-EEG the gold standard. However, in the clinical practice often amplitude integrated EEG (aEEG) is used, in order to overcome the difficulties related to EEG use. Areas covered: An overview regarding neonatal sei...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Pisani F,Pavlidis E

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cortical spreading depression (CSD) has been at the center stage of migraine pathophysiology for approximately six decades. Reanalysis of CSD reveals several major unbridgeable gaps in this experimental neurophysiologic concept for migraine. Key phenotypic and pharmacological features of migraine challenge the assumed...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Gupta VK

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension is an important risk factor for stroke. The latter results in disability and premature death and represents a major public health problem. Various studies have established a strong relationship between increasing blood pressure and stroke risk, as well as clear evidence of a reduction in the incidence of ...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Karthikeyan VJ,Lip GY

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Altered levels of cytokines and acute-phase proteins have been described in the blood and brain of patients with Alzheimer's disease. Microglia are resident cells of the brain and metabolic upregulation of these cells may play a crucial role in the development of the neurodegeneration associated with Alzheimer's disea...

journal_title：Expert review of neurotherapeutics

authors： Chiappelli M,Tumini E,Porcellini E,Licastro F

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00