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A New Frontier in Epilepsy: Novel Antiepileptogenic Drugs

open access: yesJournal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2006
.: Epilepsy is a hetergenous syndrome characterized by recurrently and repeatedly occurring seizures. Although able to inhibit the epileptic seizures, the currently available antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) have no effects on epileptogenesis. Such AEDs should
Masashi Sasa
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Recent advances in understanding adverse effects associated with drugs targeting the serotonin receptor, 5-HT GPCR

open access: yesFrontiers in Global Women's Health, 2022
It has been acknowledged that more women suffer from adverse effects of drugs than men globally. A group of drugs targeting serotonin [5-hydroxytryptamine] (5-HT) binding G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) have been reported to preferentially affect ...
Isabella Marie Jamu, Haruko Okamoto
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Drug addiction as a physical disease:The role of physical dependence and other chronic drug-induced neurophysiological changes in compulsive drug self-administration [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
Physical-dependence-based theories of addiction regard compulsive drug taking as the behavioral manifestation of a desperate need to relieve aversive autonomic withdrawal symptoms.
Lyvers, Michael
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Pulmonary drug delivery. Part I: Physiological factors affecting therapeutic effectiveness of aerosolized medications [PDF]

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2003
As the end organ for the treatment of local diseases or as the route of administration for systemic therapies, the lung is a very attractive target for drug delivery. It provides direct access to disease in the treatment of respiratory diseases, while providing an enormous surface area and a relatively low enzymatic, controlled environment for systemic
N R, Labiris, M B, Dolovich
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Adenosine A2A receptors: localization and function [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Adenosine is an endogenous purine nucleoside present in all mammalian tissues, that originates from the breakdown of ATP. By binding to its four receptor subtypes (A1, A2A, A2B, and A3), adenosine regulates several important physiological functions at ...
A Brand   +190 more
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Appropriate Prescription of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs in Geriatric Patients—A Systematic Review

open access: yesBioChem
The elderly population is growing worldwide. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are commonly prescribed, but their adverse events can pose significant risks. Different NSAID molecules can exhibit varying risk profiles.
Carolina Costa   +5 more
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Nephroprotective Plants: A Review on the Use in Pre-Renal and Post-Renal Diseases

open access: yesPlants, 2022
Kidney diseases are expected to become the fifth leading cause of death by 2040. Several physiological failures classified as pre-, intra-, and post-renal factors induce kidney damage.
Mario Adrián Tienda-Vázquez   +7 more
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Current applications and future potential for bioinorganic chemistry in the development of anticancer drugs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This review illustrates notable recent progress in the field of medicinal bioinorganic chemistry as many new approaches to the design of innovative metal-based anticancer drugs are emerging.
Aird   +75 more
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Current Concepts on Drug Abuse and Dependence [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Drug addiction is a complex disease characterized by compulsive and uncontrollable desire to seek and consume the drug. In time, drug-related terminology has undergone many changes, arising from the deepening of the mechanisms of action, but also about ...
Baconi, Daniela Luiza   +5 more
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Leukotriene Receptor Antagonists and Related Compounds

open access: yesCanadian Respiratory Journal, 1999
Leukotrienes (LTs), lipid mediators of inflammation, have proved to be important biochemicals involved in the symptoms and physiological changes of asthma.
Sally E Wenzel
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