Central Nervous System Agents in Medicinal Chemistry (Formerly Current Medicinal Chemistry - Central Nervous System Agents) - Volume 12, Issue 3, 2012

Migraine is a primary headache disorder with an unknown pathophysiology. The growing evidence in recent years indicates migraine being a brain disorder, a sensory dysmodulation, and a system failure of normal sensory processing of the brainstem that involves the vascular tone and pain. At the moment, triptan family and NSAIDs are the first choice drugs for the treatment of acute migraine. There are several prophylactic dr Read More

A new therapeutic approach called Endotherapia (GEMSP) for the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is suggested. Endotherapia is the result of an immunopathological strategy addressing chronic incurable diseases with a multifactorial etiology. This approach combines a biomedical evaluation of circulating immunoglobulins directed against specific self-antigens and self-antigens modified by free radicals. GEMSP is a “tailor-mad Read More

Malignant melanoma is a tumor of the melanocytes of the skin with different types, that can metastasize to many organs including the brain at the advanced stages. Metastasis to brain is most dreadful complication, and at times untreatable as it's noted in the late stages. Therefore, tremendous effort has been made in the past decades to treat metastatic melanoma patients more efficiently. Although chemotherapy i Read More

The CNS is both source and target of melatonin. This methoxyindole formed in the pineal gland is also produced in other CNS regions and additionally enters the brain by uptake from the circulation as well as via the pineal recess. The mammalian circadian pacemaker, the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), not only controls the pineal, but also receives a feedback information on darkness. Two G protein-couple Read More

An emerging new category of therapeutic agents based on ribonucleic acid has emerged and shown very promising in vitro, animal and pre-clinical results, known as small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), microRNAs mimics (miRNA mimics) and their derivates. siRNAs are small RNA molecules that promote potent and specific silencing of mutant, exogenous or aberrant genes through a mechanism known as RNA interference. These Read More

O-1602 is a cannabidiol analogue that does not bind with high affinity to either the cannabinoid CB1 receptor or CB2 receptor. However, there is evidence that O-1602 has significant effects in the central nervous system as well as other parts of the body. Depending upon the model, O-1602 has anti-inflammatory or pronociceptive effects, mediated through a number of distinct receptors. This article reviews the evidence for f Read More