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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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
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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
Recent studies using the genetic partial epilepsy model have demonstrated that hyperfunction of astroglial hemichannels contributes to pathomechanism of epileptic seizure. Therefore, to explore the novel anticonvulsive mechanisms, the present study determined the effects of voltage-dependent Na+ channel (VDSC)-inhibiting anticonvulsants
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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