Zonisamide sodium salt is an anti-epileptic and also scavenges nitric oxide (NO).
Zonisamide sodium salt is an anti-epileptic. It is effective in various animal epilepsy models and humans with both partial and generalized epileptic seizures. Zonisamide sodium salt also scavenges nitric oxide (NO).
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Spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) 42 is caused by a mutation in CACNA1G, which encodes the low voltage-gated calcium channel CaV3.1 (T-type). Patients with SCA42 exhibit a pure form of cerebellar ataxia. We encountered a patient with the p.Arg1715His mutation, suffering from
The Lancet. Neurology, 11(7), 579-588 (2012-06-12)
Additional options are needed for monotherapy treatment of adults newly diagnosed with partial epilepsy. This trial compares the efficacy and tolerability of once-daily zonisamide with twice-daily controlled-release carbamazepine monotherapy for such patients. In this phase 3, randomised, double-blind, parallel-group, non-inferiority
Zonisamide is currently licensed in Europe and the USA for the adjunctive treatment of partial seizures (with or without secondary generalization) in adults, based on the results of four pivotal, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials. It is also licensed in Europe
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of adjunctive zonisamide (ZNS) therapy in Korean adults with uncontrolled partial epilepsy. Study patients had an average of at least one seizure per 4-week (averaged over a 12-week historical baseline) despite the use of
European journal of pharmacology, 689(1-3), 72-80 (2012-06-05)
Zonisamide has been proven as an effective drug for the recovery of degenerating dopaminergic neurons in the animal models of Parkinson's disease. However, several lines of evidence have questioned the neuroprotective capacity of zonisamide in animal models of Parkinson's disease.
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