Ion Channels as Drug Targets in Central Nervous System Disorders
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Ion Channels as Drug Targets in Central Nervous System Disorders
Ion channel targeted drugs have always been related with either the central nervous system (CNS), the peripheral nervous system, or the cardiovascular system. Within the CNS, basic indications of drugs are: sleep disorders, anxiety, epilepsy, pain, etc. However, traditional channel blockers have multiple adverse events, mainly due to low specificity of mechanism of action. Lately, novel ion cha...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Medicinal Chemistry
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0929-8673
DOI: 10.2174/09298673113209990109